Re: Running Windows-based software on my Mac
- From: John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:18:04 +1100
OK, let us give you a direct answer:
"That machine is too old to do this successfully."
That said, you can get Quicken to run in Virtual PC. Virtual PC will run on
a G4. Quicken has fairly low demands for system resources, so you may find
it will work well enough for occasional use. It will be slow: very slow.
Virtual PC comes in a bundle with Office 2004, named Office 2004
Professional. That bundle contains a copy of Virtual PC 7, which in turn
comes bundled with a copy of Windows XP, ready to run. You need both VPC
and a copy of Windows (any copy of Windows that Quicken will run in, XP will
be fine...)
You can also buy Virtual PC 7 as a stand-alone purchase. I don't recommend
that, unless you already own Office 2004. Ideally, you would buy a copy of
Office 2004 Professional with an upgrade coupon allowing you to upgrade to
Office 2008 for ten bucks. Note: Office 2004 "Professional" -- that's the
package that includes Virtual PC. The others don't.
Talk to a specialist software retailer about this. You can find it on
Amazon for $255:
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Office-2004-Professional-Mac/dp/B0001WN1A8
The original eMac 1GHz came with either 128 MB or 256 MB of memory. The VPC
System Requirement says a minimum of 512 MB of RAM is required, but if you
believe that you will be very disappointed.
I would not even try running Virtual PC and Windows XP in less than 1 GB of
RAM. Which is right on the limit of the amount of RAM an eMac can hold.
So you would be spending money to achieve a very very marginal installation.
I wouldn't try it...
Hope this helps
On 7/3/08 5:11 AM, in article ee8ffd7.-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Timble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Timble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Getting an answer to this is proving to be elusive. I have an eMac with OSX
(10.4.11), 1 GHz PowerPC G4. I need to run a program that is available for PC
only (Intuit Quicken: Rental Property Manager). Recommendation was to use
VMware Fusion which I downloaded. An error message appears that it is not
supported on this system. Do I need to acquire Windows first or just what is
the procedure? Thanks much!
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