Version 7 on a PC Simulator on a Mac

[Craig Maier]

Has anyone here ever tried either of the Version 7 products (DC7 or Live/Forensics 7) on a PC simulator running on a Mac? If so, how did it work? If not, does anybody have a setup on which they could run a test?

Rick and I (and others) are curious if and how it works in that manner.

[Dan McDonald]

I just got a nice new Mac for work. It's a MacBook Pro with all the bells and whistles. I can try it out today or tomorrow (as soon as I figure out how to turn it on).

Dan

[Craig Maier]

Hi Dan,

We appreciate that. I take it that the machine came with a PC emulator.

Craig

[Dan McDonald]

I think it did. I have to dig around on the Internet to figure out how it all works. I literally just got it on Friday and have only turned it on once.

Dan

[Dan McDonald]

Hi Craig -

It turns out it has the boot program built in, but I'd have to purchase windows for it so I don't think I can help out with this.

Sorry about that.

Dan

[sus4chord]

Yep, you'll need a licensed copy of Windows XP or Vista to use it on the Apple. It comes with boot camp (which just gives you multi-boot capability, running one O/S at a time), but you can also purchase either Parallels or VMWare for the Mac, which lets you run Windows in a Mac Window (just like any other application).

My son just got a new Mac and we did buy a copy of XP Pro ($90 academic rate) and VMWare ($80, if I remember correctly; Parallels is about $50), but I don't know if I'll get a chance to try this out before he heads out to college. If we do, I'll let you know if it's successful or not.

[Dan McDonald]

Right. Our work license only allows installation on computers that come with Windows built in.

Dan

[dbsystems]

I have DC7 successfully up and running on my Mac Pro using Parallels Desktop for Mac (Build 3224, Dec. 2007) and Windows XP Pro SP2. I have Mac OS X 10.4.11 on the machine and so far DC7 seems to work just like on my true Windows XP machine.

I have not yet digged very deep into every DC7 function, but I can say that it feels and works like on any other Windows system I have used the Diamond Cut software on in the past 10 years.

[Craig Maier]

Thanks for the report; that is good to know as that inquiry comes to us from time to time.

Craig

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[TimG]

DC on a PPC Mac

As a side note, I would not recommend using Diamond Cut on a PowerPC Mac with Virtual PC. Too many issues to make it usable. This is based on Beta versions of DC7.

[Craig Maier]

Thanks Tim -

So, in summary, it appears that Diamond Cut Version 7 runs ok on a Mac via "Parallels Desktop" but not using "Virtual PC".

Craig

[dbsystems]

As stated before, I have not tested every function in detail on my Mac with Parallels. What I quickly checked out seemed to work.

I can imagine that CD grabbing or burning might be a problem, but I have not tested these functions so far.