WinXP on OSX

[Ben Emerson]

Hi, all:

I have a feeling this has been discussed before, but I haven't had time to check through the archives yet, I thought I'd see if anyone had any experiences to share running Windows XP on a Mac, specifically for running SFX. 

Thanks,

--
Benjamin Emerson
Sound Designer
Audio Engineer

[Mike Glasspool]

Give me a couple of weeks and I’ll be running Win2k3 server on my new Mac.. it’s just not here yet.

 

Mike

[Richard B. Ingraham]

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> Hi, all:
>
> I have a feeling this has been discussed before, but I
> haven't had time to check through the archives yet, I thought
> I'd see if anyone had any experiences to share running
> Windows XP on a Mac, specifically for running SFX.
>

Yep, we've talked about it several times, even more so on the SFX list.
:-)

It works really well. We have several folks running SFX this way. And
I've put together multiple Mac Minis with a Presonus Firebox for
companies that need a small, easy to move around system. The whole
thing fits in a rolling laptop bag.

My test system at home is a Mac Mini.

Drew did report some issues as of late. However I don't think they are
exclusive to running SFX on a iMac (systems he was using) because the
problem was not happening on all of his iMacs.

Richard B. Ingraham
Stage Research Inc.
ric...@stageresearch.com
888-267-0859 x.104
http://www.stageresearch.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFX_Users/
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[Thomas Vecchione]

Richard-

  One thing to clear up, most people run SFX via Boot Camp, not via a virtualization solution like Fusion or Parallels right?  In this way OS X has really nothing to do with it.  Just wanted to clear that up due to the wording of the OP.

       Thomas Vecchione

[Jason Romney]

SFX 5.6 runs pretty well in Parallels virtualization through OS X but you only get to use two outputs.

SFX 6 doesn't run so well in Parallels the few times I've tried it but, admittedly, I haven't really investigated it beyond the initial attempt. If it did work, you'd still be limited to the two outputs.

Boot Camp works like a charm.

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Jason Romney

Sound Design Faculty - University of North Carolina School of the Arts

http://www.ncarts.edu/designandproduction

http://www.cd-romney.com

[Steve Mayo]

This is a good sound list conversation! I'm currently negotiating with my IT Department to get me two mac mini's. One for Qlab (Our G4 has died and the G5 don't like being moved about!) and the other for a sits in control room running XTA, DME + Studio Manager via XP (and backs up Qlab shows when they are spec'd) because I'm tired of PC Laptops not doing what they need to when they need to! I think this is the moment where anyone more knowledgeable than me (all of you!) tells me not to do it! :o)

Thanks in advance

Steve!

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[Richard B. Ingraham]

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> Thomas Vecchione
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> Subject: [theatre-sound-list] Re: WinXP on OSX
>
>
> Richard-
>
> One thing to clear up, most people run SFX via Boot Camp,
> not via a virtualization solution like Fusion or Parallels
> right? In this way OS X has really nothing to do with it.
> Just wanted to clear that up due to the wording of the OP.
>

Right. I would not recommend trying to run SFX with a virtual OS on top
of OS X. Too many extra layers between SFX and the hardware that way.
Even if you do make it work, I suspect performance would be
significantly reduced which obviously is not what you want from
something that is running your production.

So yes, please use Bootcamp.

True OS X has nothing to do with it when using Bootcamp. But the Mac
hardware still will. Luckily I have not seen any issues from my end.