If her son opts for a virtual machine (Fusion), which requires having a Windows installation disk, there's a free option: VirtualBox from Oracle (https://www.virtualbox.org/). My suggestion for Crossover Mac was primarily because it does not require a Windows installation disk. In overly simple terms, Crossover emulates Windows so you can install Windows applications. I have also used Fusion and it works well, but not any better than VirtualBox. On 5/29/12 6:08 PM, Don Strack wrote: > Try VM Fusion. It costs $49.99, and works VERY well. I tried > Parallels, but VM Fusion was a lot easier to use. Your son would also > need a legal copy of Windows to install on the Windows virtual > computer that is created inside his Mac. > > http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/overview.html > > I sold my iMac when the hard drive crashed, and I was unable to simply > open the box and replace it myself. Otherwise I'd still be using it. > > Don Strack > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:23 PM, M. A. Beldin<mabeldin@gmail.com> wrote: >> Okay, I probably already know the answer to this, but how can I share my RM >> data with my son who has a Mac? >> >> He saw a couple of the Who Do You Think You Are? episodes and has gotten >> excited about learning his family history and wants to work on my husband's >> lines. But, I can't send him my data other than hard copy, is that correct? > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks for the help I been using PC's for years when s goof friend sold me on an iMac - So fat so good! On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Michael Reich <mareich_gen@wideopenwest.com > wrote: > If her son opts for a virtual machine (Fusion), which requires having a > Windows installation disk, there's a free option: VirtualBox from Oracle > (https://www.virtualbox.org/). My suggestion for Crossover Mac was > primarily because it does not require a Windows installation disk. In > overly simple terms, Crossover emulates Windows so you can install > Windows applications. I have also used Fusion and it works well, but > not any better than VirtualBox. > > On 5/29/12 6:08 PM, Don Strack wrote: > > Try VM Fusion. It costs $49.99, and works VERY well. I tried > > Parallels, but VM Fusion was a lot easier to use. Your son would also > > need a legal copy of Windows to install on the Windows virtual > > computer that is created inside his Mac. > > > > http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/overview.html > > > > I sold my iMac when the hard drive crashed, and I was unable to simply > > open the box and replace it myself. Otherwise I'd still be using it. > > > > Don Strack > > > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:23 PM, M. A. Beldin<mabeldin@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Okay, I probably already know the answer to this, but how can I share > my RM > >> data with my son who has a Mac? > >> > >> He saw a couple of the Who Do You Think You Are? episodes and has gotten > >> excited about learning his family history and wants to work on my > husband's > >> lines. But, I can't send him my data other than hard copy, is that > correct? > > > > > > =================================== > > RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Because HE did I can! John Porter *