arfur mo Posted September 26, 2008 Posted September 26, 2008 hi guys, anyone recommend an emulator package to run DVR client (XP Based) software on a MAC? don't aske me what model they are but very recent and powerful, the guy is a professional photographer so uses MAC's for editing, air brushing and so on. wants to run client software on them to view a DVR remotely via his home network. the kit is System Qs' alien DVR client. i don't want to recomend the wrong package to any client, so if anyone who is into MACS would care to try their emulator out with it, i'd be very oblidged i'm happy to email the client software (10meg) to you for testing, or it can be downloaded by SQ''s account holders from their site (link located at bottom of their front page). thanks in advance guys regs alan If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!
james.wilson Posted September 26, 2008 Posted September 26, 2008 they do a virtualisation product, also if its an intel mac you can dual boot em. But never ever even used one so thats the limit of my knowledge. securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
arfur mo Posted September 26, 2008 Author Posted September 26, 2008 they do a virtualisation product, also if its an intel mac you can dual boot em. But never ever even used one so thats the limit of my knowledge. thanks James, thats twice as much as i know about them . although he uses MACs he is a bit of a technophobe, so doubt if he knows about the dual boot and if his machine will do it. i'd think he wants to be able to use it 'native' though, instead of rebooting just to see the DVR. regs alan If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!
lowlofe Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 Hey there Our building is filled with macs and i am yet to work out a way of viewing our DS2 on them, If you have any software that needs testing on a mac we have a few that i can run tests on. Regs Alex
Gopher Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 There is another option apart from dual booting them, it's basically running the XP software on an XP image as a "virtual machine" I remember reading about it somewhere but right now I can't remember the name of the software package as you can actually run without having to reboot the machine it sits in it's own window with it's own "virtual resources" etc, "Parallels" springs to mind as it's name but I could be wrong. Intruder / CCTV / Access Control Technical Support Personal Subscriber to the "K.I.S.S" principle, that's Keep It Simple Stupid, are you?
arfur mo Posted October 1, 2008 Author Posted October 1, 2008 i must admit i have struggled understood the allegence to MACs. when i've toyed with them i personally disliked the OS, the expanding icons on later MAC OS's just drive me beresk, if i need a parafin screen effect - i'd bolt one over the front of my monitor. todays PC's surely can match them for horse power, so just what is so special? i know publishing houses use them extensively but the PC must by now have comparable software? so enlighten me soeone - pleeeeze or is it all just plain 'snobbery' regs alan If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!
james.wilson Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/mac.html above for vmware on a new mac I think a pc can do anything a mac can, but because macs are closed (ie only mac stuff will work on them) they are more stable over time. I suppose you could its the same as a closed protocol security system, that way only stuff thats supposed to be connected is connected lol securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
Gopher Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 yeah macs are a fairly fixed and stable platform and also since it is fairly fixed any update to the OS is going to work and also update doesn't mean any loss of power / slower , normally no change is noticed or it goes slighlty faster, try that one on your average PC.. The effects can all be turned off, it's a customised version of Linux anyway really, spotted the "dashboard" before on knoppix when I was trying it out, KDE / Gnome Desktop. Intruder / CCTV / Access Control Technical Support Personal Subscriber to the "K.I.S.S" principle, that's Keep It Simple Stupid, are you?
arfur mo Posted October 2, 2008 Author Posted October 2, 2008 http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/mac.htmlabove for vmware on a new mac I think a pc can do anything a mac can, but because macs are closed (ie only mac stuff will work on them) they are more stable over time. I suppose you could its the same as a closed protocol security system, that way only stuff thats supposed to be connected is connected lol thanks the link James, seems a 'nice' way of saying to 'MS' - 'KEEP OUT'. i know a few years back if you bought a MAC all you got just the PC, no leads, no wires, no mouse and they were not that cheap. i think now at least the mains lead comes in the box. imho the days of the grey box lethally sharp edged PC are numbered in it's original format, where you researched bits, chucked out the ones which did not work/outdated and scoured PC fairs while you strove to have the bee's knee's killer machine - which you did for about 4 weeks if you were lucky and it worked , today it's hardly worth building a desktop given the low prices and sheer horse power the modern even entry level laptop offers. regs alan If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!
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