Thunder Road Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Hey all, It's time to switch to a lap top for college. I've fallen in love with GR3 (and am even considering investing in GRAE) but, at the same time, I've come to hate Windows. Thank Vista for that. Anyway, I've heard I wouldn't be able to run GR products on a mac? Or that I could if I load Windows on to a mac? What's the real deal? If you're nice enough to help me, remember to speak slowly and use small words as this would be my first foray into the Macbook world if I choose to buy such a product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Hey all, It's time to switch to a lap top for college. I've fallen in love with GR3 (and am even considering investing in GRAE) but, at the same time, I've come to hate Windows. Thank Vista for that. Anyway, I've heard I wouldn't be able to run GR products on a mac? Or that I could if I load Windows on to a mac? What's the real deal? If you're nice enough to help me, remember to speak slowly and use small words as this would be my first foray into the Macbook world if I choose to buy such a product. vista sucks....7 is worlds better trust me and every new laptop comes with 7 now. My roommate has a macbook pro and has windows loaded onto his mac as a second operating system and is able to run gr products. but to do this, you have to buy windows and install it(extra money). but just my opinion, you could have a loaded PC(pretty much better everything than the macbook pro) for the same amount of money as a macbook pro. hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 vista sucks....7 is worlds better trust me and every new laptop comes with 7 now. My roommate has a macbook pro and has windows loaded onto his mac as a second operating system and is able to run gr products. but to do this, you have to buy windows and install it(extra money). but just my opinion, you could have a loaded PC(pretty much better everything than the macbook pro) for the same amount of money as a macbook pro. hope this helps. All of this, plus if you decided to get more weather/radar software down the road it's much better supported on Windows machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 I'm also on the anti-Vista bandwagon, but Windows 7 has more than reclaimed my dependancy and tolerance of Windows products. But to go along with what others are saying, it's best to stick with Microsoft and obtain Windows 7 through your University which more than likely is offered to purchase with a huge discount for students through licensing agreements. I obtained Windows 7 through my University for under 10$! At the very least, it's worth it to try Windows 7, especially considering your position as a student and the software cost reduction which comes with the terrirory. I checked Valparaiso for you, and under their top ten questions on technology found here http://www.valpo.edu...ive/top_ten.php is one in regard to discounted software. I'm almost certain you'll be able to buy Windows 7 for dirt cheap in comparison to retail. At the very least, it's worth it to try before committing entirely to a Mac in cost and having to set up a dual boot configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 Well that's all very convincing. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronicmaji Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Can I piggyback and ask for suggestions for spotting software for mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Try using the program Wine. Mostly linux users use it, but its for mac also. It lets you use windows programs. However, its hit and miss with it. Its worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanVA Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Try using the program Wine. Mostly linux users use it, but its for mac also. It lets you use windows programs. However, its hit and miss with it. Its worth a try. I second this. Where it works, it serves as a better solution than creating a Windows partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I haven't tried it with grlevelx/mac but virtualization is usually better vs. wine if you are running mac os, check out parallels, virtualbox, or the latest vmware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabreezelou Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I run GRlevel3 on my iMac using VMWare Fusion running Windows XP. The only drawback I have found versus running on a true windows PC is the lack of smoothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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