sambolino44
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I have an old iMac PowerPC G3 400 MHz running OS X. I have a Suunto Gekko dive computer. I might have spent more on a dive computer if anyone offered one that interfaced with my Mac. I don't see why it can't be open source.
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k4man:what about a group here on ScubaBoard for Mac users....keeping them (us) up to date on latest dive related software, etc and an overall support place??
(sorry, i haven't read completely through the thread yet to know if it's been suggested to mods or not)......too busy playing with iSight and iChat and ScubaBoard at the same time.
barebones:Mac OS 10 will run windows XP. No need to buy a new computer IF you have a newer MAC.
barebones
Parallels is a pretty slick product. It gives you the option of either installing a virtual disk (a'la Virtual PC), or booting off the Boot Camp partition if you have one. The latter option essentially allows you to boot your Mac into Windows (kind of pain, and you lose access to OS X while doing this), or running Windows in its own environment under OS X. Personally, I prefer the "virtual disk" option, since it's more secure and allows disk images to be cloned or moved from one computer or another. Since Parallels allows Windows to run native on Intel-based Macs, it is much faster than Virtual PC.CineDiver:3) There is the possibility of running Parallels... I'm not too up on it other than it is more of a virtual machine that acts in the same way as Virtual PC did. This could have issues with drivers. Much better than Boot Camp because it runs in the native Mac OS X.
Microsoft has announced that they have no plans to port VPC to the Intel platform. This effectively makes it a dead product, since PPC-based Macs are no longer being made. I seriously doubt that MS will do much to support it from here on out, so I would not depend on it's being a viable option much longer.CineDiver:ALSO... for non Intel Macs there is still Virtual PC. But all above still applies.
Welcome to the Mac community, Xander!evil_xander:I have used Windows ever since I switched from Amiga to PC in the early 90's, and even if they are quite ok now, they still lack that something. I've found it in OS X (also being a Linux user for a couple of years), and don't plan to look back. Plus, it's much more fun to use, and reminds less about work.![]()