Could I try this?

[gadgetgirl85]

I'm asking your advice before i try (dont want to screw everything up) I've been told that my netgammon will only work on a windows based computer. Could I try to install it and see if it works or could I mess things up? its a .exe

 

[mad jew]

Sorry, but it won't work on OSX. What is netgammon? We might be able to find you an alternative or an OSX version. 🙂

 

[gadgetgirl85]

I wouldnt mind using Parallels or Bootcamp if you could run things simultaneously but obviously you cant 😛 Its an online backgammon game. I tried the mac version but no one was online!

 

[kretzy]

Yeah, mad jew is right. I'm assuming it's an online version of backgammon. Maybe give this a try. 🙂

Edit: Is that the one you've already tried?

Also, Parallels does allow you to run Windows simultaneously.

 

[gadgetgirl85]

Another Aussie! Thanks max for that 🙂

 

[xfiftyfour]

yeah, sorry, but .exe won't work with OS X. your only option is to either use the mac version, or to use parallels/boot camp. parallels would be a good option, so you can hot swap between the two.

and what do you mean by 'can't run things simultaneously'?

 

[gadgetgirl85]

yeah, sorry, but .exe won't work with OS X. your only option is to either use the mac version, or to use parallels/boot camp. parallels would be a good option, so you can hot swap between the two.

and what do you mean by 'can't run things simultaneously'?

I'd try Parallels only because the only copy of Windows I have is ME. I mean by running simultaneously as in accessing Firefox in OS X and playing netgammon in windows. Do you get me? I'd love to give it a try im just a bit scared that I might mess things up

 

[xfiftyfour]

I'd try Parallels only because the only copy of Windows I have is ME. I mean by running simultaneously as in accessing Firefox in OS X and playing netgammon in windows. Do you get me? I'd love to give it a try im just a bit scared that I might mess things up

Well with parallels you can kind of run things simultaneously, because you can quickly swap between OS X and Windows, without shutting either down or anything.

EDIT: here is a video of what I mean by swapping between OS X and Windows.

And I doubt you'd mess anything up with Parallels. But since it's basically a "sandbox," if anything gets screwy, you haven't done anything to your actual hard drive (unlike bootcamp where you actually partition your drive), so it's real easy to just delete your Windows image.

 

[gadgetgirl85]

Haha now im in a tossup whether to get a membership for the backgammon or try and run parallels 😱