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Noob question about new Macbook Pro

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rmkonrath

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Hey all this is my first post here.

I've been doing some research on this form for about the past week. I was a mac user about 10 years ago, switched to windows in college, due to having to "lease" a computer from my program. Which leads to my question.

The reason we had to lease windows was to run a scheduling program that only runs on windows.

This is the only program that I "need" or intend to use windows with. What would be your expert advice as to how I set up my Macbook Pro,2.66 ghz i7, to run this program.

Thanks for the help. I've enjoyed reading as many topics on here as possible already!
 
"vmware/parrarel/bootcamp windows and then install it on that partition?"

Sorry, what does that mean?

I've seen a lot of people say vmware and don't know what it means.
 
virtualBox

Yeah, it's free and I've been using it for an year without any problem. Thanks to virtualBox I'm able to use Windows XP and Mac OSX at the same time.
With your i7 you mustn't have any performance problems. My MBP has 4 Gb of memory.
 
peoplevoice said:
Yeah, it's free and I've been using it for an year without any problem. Thanks to virtualBox I'm able to use Windows XP and Mac OSX at the same time.
With your i7 you mustn't have any performance problems. My MBP has 4 Gb of memory.
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runs like a champ!
I usually dedicate two threads and two GB RAM to it. Not that it will ever use it, I'm mostly messing around in Ubuntu 64bit.
Another thing that I like about it is that it doesn't have to use the dedicated resources, so it doesn't automatically use two GB RAM if I dedicate that much to it, it just allows it to use that much, so your main os can still use those resources. Its the same with VRAM and Threads.

I have no idea if the other options are like that, they didn't use to be.

I do have a win 7 installation on it as well, need it to print at my school as they somehow managed to make that require some .net framework (doh)
 
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Use bootcamp to install Windows XP, Vista or 7 on to a partition on your hard drive.
 
It's an aviation aircraft scheduler(along with MANY other features) for the University of North Dakota
 
I had to run IE 6 for Windows for a while (very ironically it was to service Apple Store customer support when I was an at-home contract worker for Apple), and used Crossover, which worked well for me. I liked it in that I didn't have to dualboot and I didn't need to have Windows running alongside Mac OS X. It's not free, but it served me well, and they had academic discounts at the time I bought it.

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/
 
Ask your IT guys is they serve up that application via Citrix XenApp. Basically, the app sits on a server in the data center and runs on it's hardware. You fire up the client and it'll run in it's own little window without you having to run windows on your box.

It's incredibly amazing when done right , especially for all the Apple users in the house.
 
rmkonrath said:
It's an aviation aircraft scheduler(along with MANY other features) for the University of North Dakota
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what are the system requirements for this program? you say it does MANY things so to me it sounds like these requirements might not be ideal for a virtual environment. especially so if it uses a lot of graphics. vms dont play so well with having full access to the gpu.

if the requirements are high, just go with bootcamp.
 
I don't know the requirements. Because it's an in house program there isn't much published on it. I'm sure our IT guys might know more, I probably will consult with them and see what their recommendations will be.

I believe most of it is pulling information from a central server. It's not very image intensive.

We use it for things like pulling up student information/records, flight records, monitoring aircraft/instructor schedules, scheduling aircraft. I would say for my job its main use is for data/records collection and schedule monitoring.

I think I'm going to first try virtualbox option and see how that works. I'll let you guys know how it goes.


THANKS FOR THE HELP.

Anybody use X-plane 9.xx on their MCP?
 
coochiekuta said:
what are the system requirements for this program? you say it does MANY things so to me it sounds like these requirements might not be ideal for a virtual environment. especially so if it uses a lot of graphics. vms dont play so well with having full access to the gpu.

if the requirements are high, just go with bootcamp.
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From the download site
"AIMS (Aviation Information Management System) is a custom application suite used by the University of North Dakota's Aerospace program. The unique information management requirements of the UND pilot training program fostered the development of this software.

AIMS development is ongoing and enhancements are made as necessary.

AIMS provides a mechanism for Students, Instructors, Staff, and Management to view, update, and share Aviation information in a secure, structured, hierarchical environment.

Some examples of things which AIMS helps to manage are: Student Flight Records, Scheduling/Dispatch, Instructor Certifications, Invoice Accounting, Parts Inventory, and Aircraft Maintenance Inspections/Histories."
 
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