AVLNC Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 I have been lurking here for a number of months as I approached my installation. I will try to post more about it later. I am going to get Composer HE, and I use a Macintosh (MBP). Any thoughts about whether it would be better to run Composer using BootCamp or using Parallels? I have many more questions, but right now this one is most pressing. Thanks for any help.
slemay Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 There are many people doing this - so yes it'll work fine.
AVLNC Posted November 13, 2007 Author Posted November 13, 2007 Any thoughts about whether to use BootCamp which would require me to re-boot and only use Composer at discrete times or to use Parallels which can run in the background continuously. Also, when you say that many others are doing this, do you mean with BootCamp, with Parallels, or with both? I would probably prefer Parallels if I were relatively sure that it would work without problems. Thanks for the help.
RyanE Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 I'm not a mac person, so this could be incorrect, but:It should work either way, it's just up to you to determine how often you'll be running Composer HE, and whether it's worth rebooting to do just that.Personally, I run Windows and Composer in a VM, (VMWare or qemu) more like parallels, when I run it on my Linux machine, only because rebooting is a major pain, and the slight slowdown is not all that noticeable.RyanE
slemay Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 Ditto what Ryan said - it's up to you and what your preference is - but it'll work under either.
AVLNC Posted November 14, 2007 Author Posted November 14, 2007 Thanks guys. I am going to try it using Parallels.Scott
Sbutter Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 I'm using a Mac with Parallels, and it works great with Windows XP and Composer. No problems with it connecting to the C4 system. Much easier than having to reboot Bootcamp.
scthomp4267 Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 Hi.Does anyone know if C4 is planning to support any other OS's besides Windows (e.g. Apple, Linux, etc), or is C4 Windows only?
RyanE Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 Currently I know of no plans for Composer (HE or ME) to be anything other than Windows.Sorry.RyanE
scthomp4267 Posted July 12, 2009 Posted July 12, 2009 Thanks ... I've been thinking about switching to a Macbook, and wasn't sure if there were any other OS's supported.
wappinghigh Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 Currently I know of no plans for Composer (HE or ME) to be anything other than Windows.Sorry.RyanERyan. Why not? Doesn't Home edition run under Linux? I thought Linux was pretty close to OSX....In any case surely there is more than enough evidence that Mac's feature time and again with users on this forum (5 pages of threads come up with a search on "mac")
thecodeman Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 Currently I know of no plans for Composer (HE or ME) to be anything other than Windows.Sorry.RyanERyan. Why not?Time. Money. And a lot of other things in the queue right now that you would rather have (you know, like 2.0 ). He's not saying that it won't ever happen, just that it's not a priority to appease a comparitvely small user base. Linux/Mac is a small percentage of the consumer pc market, HA is a small percentage of overall CE market, so the Linux/Mac segment of the HA market...well you get the drift
wappinghigh Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 Codeman...I think you have missed my post on this:http://www.c4forums.com/viewtopic.php?id=3917..why aren't they also releasing a software controller?..Not saying they aren't thinking Mac! Perhaps a poll should be done on the primary computer platform used by forum members...mac vs linux vs windows...The overall market might be irrelevant....Mac users might be more inclined to be C4 customers...just a thought Maybee it is a user base worth marketing too: even if it IS "small". Vocal, passionate, brand loyal and one happy to spend money
thecodeman Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 No, I didn't miss your other thread, I just didn't feel like double-posting.I think you may have missed the point that C4 (or any other company) can only do *so much* at any given time, especially given the economy. Right now they are very busy with 2.0. We know that 2.0 is flash based. We know that opens up the opportunity for a *consistent GUI* to come across to the computer platform (os agnostic), should they decide to implement it. The same would ring true for Composer software. But seriously, 91.65% of the market is Windows.(http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10 ). You go for the common denominator, and branch out when resources allow.Having seen the explosion (litearally) of third party partner growth this year at CES and CEDIA, things are moving along pretty positively. I think we'll all be happy with what 2.0+ brings in the coming years.
rchawla80 Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 I use Composer on Parallels on Windows 7, works great!
wappinghigh Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 We know that opens up the opportunity for a *consistent GUI* to come across to the computer platform (os agnostic), should they decide to implement it. The same would ring true for Composer software. But seriously, 91.65% of the market is Windows.(http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10 ). . I think we'll all be happy with what 2.0+ brings in the coming years.Great link Cody! Is there also a pie chart for market share in the high networth household (rather than corporate)...mmm...wonder what that would be...I totally agree re 2.0...Bring it on! :D:D
RyanE Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 I also run ComposerPro on Windows XP running under VirtualBox (on a Linux host).Works fine. No need for a native Linux port of ComposerPro, which is still (regardless of HE and ME) mainly used for dealer installs.Yes, it would be nice to have it be cross-platform, and native on the Mac, but with the virtualization options that are now all the rage, it's less of an issue.As far as your other post, no matter who you heard it from, until it's a released product, it's unsubstantiated vaporware.RyanE
BrettB0727 Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Well I just tried to install with Crossover and that didn't work... Guess I will have to try Parallels or Boot Camp.
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