Daniele Guevara Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 I just bought my macbook pro (2.5Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GBs 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 208GBs of available Hard disk space) and will be using bootcamp to run Vworks 2008/Spotlight/Renderworks, using Windows XP SP2. My general questions are: -Is 100gigs NTFS too big a partition for Windows? -Should I just switch platforms completely? I purchased Vworks originally for my PC, which I have grown to hate, actually LOATHE... Any advice on partitioning would be fabulous! Quote Link to comment
M.CH Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Why not run it on the mac? The licence is Mac/Win so you dont need to run under bootcamp Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 22, 2008 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 22, 2008 If you have a professional copy you can call customer service and they can perform a platform switch, the same disk will work for Mac/Win but the pro serial numbers are keyed to a specific OS. If you're using the EDU version then it can run on either OS with one serial number. Quote Link to comment
G_Hannigan Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 When I asked Sales this question, I was told that only the current version was supported and I would need to upgrade to 2009 and switch from PC to Mac. Quote Link to comment
gmm18 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I'd ask a different sales person! Quote Link to comment
domer1322 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I was also told I could not get a MAC serial number .... unless I bought another license. I've run VW 2008 on a 2006 iMac with Windows XP Pro SP2, 1 gig RAM without incident. Works great. However, HD partition for Windows is limited to 32 gig in order to be able to "see" Windows files within the Mac OS. I have not tried "parallels" because I understand the speed is decreased by about 30%. Quote Link to comment
MLPCAEC Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I started out trying to run under Parallels when I migrated from Windows to this new MacPro a month or so ago. The speed wasn't the issue so much as screen redraws even with zooming or panning. The lag was headache inducing. I am running two 24" monitors, so that may be part of the issue (too much screen for Parallels to handle? I don't know.). We were fortunate to have had a spare Mac serial number in the office, so I am now running it native on the Mac side. It is altogether speedier. Much speedier! Amazingly so. BuhBye Win. I won't miss ya! Quote Link to comment
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