Cannot run Virtual PC and i need to run an exe? any help plz?

[Jonno212]

Hi

I read somewhere that virtual PC won't work on intel based macs and i think thats the case with me! Just downloaded it from apple and it doesnt want to install!

I need to run a .exe for a patch of this program how would i go about this problem please?

Or failing that does anyone have traktor scratch pro for the mac coz i need a patch haha!

Thanks

 

[Tallest Skil]

You can't run an exe without Windows, as the file is a worthless format outside the Microsoft world.

 

[Jonno212]

so i would need a copy of windows and boot camp then basically! sweet! More agro

Cheers for the reply tho

 

[mkrishnan]

so i would need a copy of windows and boot camp then basically! sweet! More agro

Cheers for the reply tho

The only other small possibility is using Wine. But that's not too likely if it's something like a hardware patching tool. So yes, you'd need Windows.

 

[jonbravo77]

try crossover

Edit** nvm

 

[vandozza]

or VMWare Fusion, or Parallels.

 

[MisterMe]

...

I read somewhere that virtual PC won't work on intel based macs and i think thats the case with me! Just downloaded it from apple and it doesnt want to install!

I need to run a .exe for a patch of this program how would i go about this problem please?

...

You only need to run a .exe to patch a program if it is a Windows program. Exactly which .exe file did you download from Apple and why?

 

[sushi]

You only need to run a .exe to patch a program if it is a Windows program. Exactly which .exe file did you download from Apple and why?

I have the same questions.

But to the OP, if you want to run Windows on an Intel Mac, here are some options:

- Bootcamp and run XP or Vista natively.

- Virtualization via VMware or Parallels.

 

[mongrol]

- Virtualization via VMware or Parallels.

pfft, www.virtualbox.org is free and perfectly up to the job.

 

[sushi]

pfft, www.virtualbox.org is free and perfectly up to the job.

I have not tried Virtual Box. May give it a try one of these days.

VMware and Parallels are pretty good. They both can share a Bootcamp installation.

Can Virtual Box do this?

P.S. FWIW, I don't appreciate the pfft comment.

 

[mongrol]

I have not tried Virtual Box. May give it a try one of these days.

VMware and Parallels are pretty good. They both can share a Bootcamp installation.

Can Virtual Box do this?

P.S. FWIW, I don't appreciate the pfft comment.

Sorry about the pfft, no offense meant. I see so many people recommending the two main players but missing out a good free alternative. Virtualbox can use a bootcamp partition but its not a click-n-go solution. It needs the configuring and mounting of a raw disk. You can however, use the Fusion demo to convert a bootcamp disk to a .vmdk then mount that in Virtualbox.

 

[primape08]

Virtual box is the best free option to run a virtual machine.