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Parallels - 11-29-2007, 12:04 AM
Hey folks, anybody there installed parallels on the Mac? I am so tired of having to use the Mac edition of Excel, that I would actually spend the money THE LEGAL WAY to have parallels and Windows on my Mac. Unfortunately, I don't know a thing about what the hell I need in order to make that magic happen. If anyone knows or has a site to point me to that would explain this to me like I am a 5-year-old, I would greatly appreciate!
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Smile gm - 11-29-2007, 12:07 AM
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Hey folks, anybody there installed parallels on the Mac? I am so tired of having to use the Mac edition of Excel, that I would actually spend the money THE LEGAL WAY to have parallels and Windows on my Mac. Unfortunately, I don't know a thing about what the hell I need in order to make that magic happen. If anyone knows or has a site to point me to that would explain this to me like I am a 5-year-old, I would greatly appreciate!
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I know! or the other couple of usual suspects - Cornutopian for instance. Is he still around?
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Hi Frunze, nice to see you around here again

What's this 'Mac' of which you speak?

Wikipedia has an entry for Parallels here: Parallels Desktop for Mac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What Parallels does is emulate the hardware of a PC on recent (Tiger or Leopard) versions of the Mac OS, but you still need a copy of Windows (preferably XP) to install on it, and also a copy of Microsoft Excel. Amazon lists Parallels + XP Home Retail for $240 and Excel Home edition for $125 so the cost is not trivial.

There's a guide to setting it all up here: How To: Run other OSes on your Mac with Parallels Workstation - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) . It's a bit out of date, but it should give you a general idea of what's involved.

Macs are way off the beaten track for me but I hope this is some help.

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Hi Frunze, nice to see you around here again

What's this 'Mac' of which you speak?

Wikipedia has an entry for Parallels here: Parallels Desktop for Mac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What Parallels does is emulate the hardware of a PC on recent (Tiger or Leopard) versions of the Mac OS, but you still need a copy of Windows (preferably XP) to install on it, and also a copy of Microsoft Excel. Amazon lists Parallels + XP Home Retail for $240 and Excel Home edition for $125 so the cost is not trivial.

There's a guide to setting it all up here: How To: Run other OSes on your Mac with Parallels Workstation - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) . It's a bit out of date, but it should give you a general idea of what's involved.

Macs are way off the beaten track for me but I hope this is some help.

gm
Hi GM! Good to be back. Had to take a break for a while, but hey - I got a sexy new avatar, no?

Thanks for the links. Looks like lots of good info. Working on it now... will let you know how this turns out.
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Cool Cornutopian - 11-29-2007, 10:02 AM
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I know! or the other couple of usual suspects - Cornutopian for instance. Is he still around?
Hi Frunze.

It's been awhile since Cornutopian was here the last time - but maybe he became a father (like Kalvin) and had to take a break
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Hi Frunze.

It's been awhile since Cornutopian was here the last time - but maybe he became a father (like Kalvin) and had to take a break
Nah. Don't think so. What about Koenfucius? He explained to me about IP addresses once, I was quite impressed.

Of course, Gluteus Maximus totally knows his stuff, I am still reading the parallels link he posted. GM, you da man.
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Hi Frunze.

It's been awhile since Cornutopian was here the last time - but maybe he became a father (like Kalvin) and had to take a break
Frunze, did you know I met Kalvin in real life? It was absolutely awesome. We met in Barcelona.

Not sure if it was before or after you went on hiatus.

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Lightbulb After - 11-29-2007, 11:49 PM
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Frunze, did you know I met Kalvin in real life? It was absolutely awesome. We met in Barcelona.

Not sure if it was before or after you went on hiatus.
It was definitely after...
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Solaris, I love it when you stalk me! Did I say that before?

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