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Few software questions...

adamvk

adamvk

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Where does front row play music from? Is it synced with itunes or something?

Also is antivirus software really needed for mac?

Also what does X11 do?



Thanks for help in advance
 
Front Row plays music from iTunes.

No, search using MRoogle in my sig if you want more details.

X11 allows you to run apps that weren't designed specifically for OS X, like some UNIX apps.
 
I disagree. Antivirus software is always a good idea. Even though Mac is virus resistant, it's a good idea not to pass on viruses to windows users unknowingly. It is also possible, however unlikely to get a Mac virus.
 
AV -- no, not really. If you have Windows installed, you should probably run Windows AV on the Windows partition or image, but that's about it.

X11 -- it's a different windowing environment (the thing that makes windows and buttons and all that kind of stuff) for Unix systems. Mostly on OS X it's used for a few ported Unix/Linux apps that don't have OS X / Aqua front ends (Aqua is the usual windows manager). These apps are slowly coming over to Aqua -- Gimp and OpenOffice just got native Aqua versions. But there are still others that don't have them. Don't worry about it till you get an app that needs it. But FFS don't delete it from your apps folder because you don't know what it is (you'd be surprised how many new users do stuff like that).
 
Ok thanks for responses..I was under the impression X11 could run windows apps in windows on the mac desktop, dont know why....Is there an app that does that though?

That MRoogle is nice, I like it.
 
I know about Parallels, Fusion, Etc. Im talking about an app that lets you run a windows program in a window on the mac desktop without having to run virtualization software. It sounds too good to exist, but I was just wondering if it did exist. Or does Fusion/Parallels do that?
 
adamvk said:
I know about Parallels, Fusion, Etc. Im talking about an app that lets you run a windows program in a window on the mac desktop without having to run virtualization software. It sounds too good to exist, but I was just wondering if it did exist. Or does Fusion/Parallels do that?
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Crossover is what you are looking for.
 
^Thanks for Link.

I also just watched a quick video on Parallels 4.0, and coherence also allows me to do what I was talking about.
 
adamvk said:
I also just watched a quick video on Parallels 4.0, and coherence also allows me to do what I was talking about.
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Coherence still requires that you purchase XP or Vista, and they be running in the background through Parallels.
 
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