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Sage accounting software

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rogerw

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Mar 13, 2004
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We just been advised, by our accountants, to use Sage accounting software. I believe it is windows based only. We have plenty of computers here, all Mac, dont really want to buy another one (PC) to run this. Does anyone from the UK run this software using boot camp and installing windows on a mac? Is so, does it run ok, and easy (ish) to set up on an intel mac
cheers
 
Hi - I've setup Sage Instant Accounts and Sage Line 50 for a couple of clients on Intel Macs without problems. Both using Parallels rather than Boot Camp, but it shouldn't make a difference. As long as you have Windows running OK - either dual boot or with virtualisation software like Parallels or Fusion - installing Sage isn't really any more complex than clicking on the setup icon.

Should all be completely straight-forward... Good luck.
 
If I had to chose between the paid virtualization software I'd pick VMWare Fuzion over Parallels in their current incarnations. VMware has been doing virtualization for some time now and I like the 1.x series over Parallels Desktop 3.
 
I've just installed Sage Instant Accounts v14 in Parallels Desktop 4.0 and the application won't even open - all I see is the startup screen, then it disappears again.

Any ideas?
 
I did get this working in the end. If I remember correctly what I did was copy the entire contents of the disc to the 'Windows' desktop and installed it from there.

Hope that does the trick for you too. :)
 
Roger - I've been running Sage's Peachtree Complete Accounting 2009 on Parallels for years. It's the only reason I use Parallels/Windows. No problems to report, runs great.
 
Hi Folks,

I've just had a Win Vista laptop die (Graphics card) that holds our Sage Instant accounts (V15). The Hard drive is ok and I wish to switch over to a Mac Mini to follow suite with growing number of Mac's in the office.

Is it possible to place the laptop HDD into an enclosure and attach it as a slave drive to the new MAC and use parallel etc to access the software installed on the drive (instant accounts primarily).

Am I correct in thinking that this way I can run without reinstalling everything into the Mac?

Thanks in advance

Paul
 
SWI said:
Am I correct in thinking that this way I can run without reinstalling everything into the Mac?
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No. That will not work. You are best off just re-installing everything fresh since the applications will not run that way. Parallels requires it's own OS installation to work and Windows licensing will not let you do what you want to do.

ETA: There is a solution - you can run parallels Transporter agent and it can convert your Windows setup into a VM image - only caveat is that it has to be run from windows initially (it's an EXE file) and you have to have a location to save the image file to. Parallels will read that resulting file on your Mac though.
 
Sage on Apple

Been a PC user for ever but No.3 son bullied me into getting a Mac.Now running both but he's twigged that my main excuse for not ditching the PC is my need to run Sage. Now he's threatening to make my Mac run Sage by (presumably) installing Parallels or whatever you chaps are talking abount.

As I have no real need to move and I feel comfortable with Windows should I stick to my tried and trusted ancient Windows XP or will my Mac run pure unadulterated Sage ? - he installed Office for Mac and there are just enough minor differences to make it sufficiently annoying to send me back to the PC. Also, if I do run Sage by whatever means on Mac, will backups be transportable to PCs - eg for audit purposes when I simply e-mail them with the year end backup file ?
Any comments welcome.
 
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