will pc programs work on my new mac?
my old laptop just died and i replaced it w/ a powerbook. What i want to know is what software that i currently have will work on my pb w/o me having to buy a new copy since i am no longer using my current license.
Specifically i want to know about Photoshop and Frontpage 2003. I already went ahead and got office 2004 for students and teachers for mac but no frontpage and i don't like dreamweaver........
Thanks in advance,
Specifically i want to know about Photoshop and Frontpage 2003. I already went ahead and got office 2004 for students and teachers for mac but no frontpage and i don't like dreamweaver........
Thanks in advance,
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Originally posted by kernel843
my old laptop just died and i replaced it w/ a powerbook. What i want to know is what software that i currently have will work on my pb w/o me having to buy a new copy since i am no longer using my current license.
Specifically i want to know about Photoshop and Frontpage 2003. I already went ahead and got office 2004 for students and teachers for mac but no frontpage and i don't like dreamweaver........
Thanks in advance,
Unless you have virtualPC, no. None. No virii will work either.
--B
Originally posted by kernel843
my old laptop just died and i replaced it w/ a powerbook. What i want to know is what software that i currently have will work on my pb w/o me having to buy a new copy since i am no longer using my current license.
Specifically i want to know about Photoshop and Frontpage 2003. I already went ahead and got office 2004 for students and teachers for mac but no frontpage and i don't like dreamweaver........
Thanks in advance,
i would call each respective company and see what they will do for you. it shouldnt be a big deal if you have proper documentation for them to send you the mac versions.
I believe that adobe offer no discounts for any of their packages for platform switchers - I'm still saving for new copies of illustrator and photoshop.
Originally posted by Qchem
AFAIK there is no frontpage for mac,
and it is a damn good thing. MSFP is the worst example of a web page design tool ever, homestly, you are better off just useing notepad, at least then you dont have to design the page 2 times, once in FP and a total redo to make it standards compliant.
Freeway Express is a good alternative for a WYSIWYG web development tool on Mac instead of FrontPage, but if you really want to stick with FrontPage, it will work fine from within Virtual PC.
Originally posted by pubguy
IF you decide to get Virtual PC for your Powerbook, make sure you have at least 512MB of memory. If you already have a Windows install disk, you can just purchase the base (DOS) version of Virtual PC and install Windows onto it just like it was a PC.
Freeway Express is a good alternative for a WYSIWYG web development tool on Mac instead of FrontPage, but if you really want to stick with FrontPage, it will work fine from within Virtual PC.
It will work, but slow. My iMac G5 w/ 1 gig ram runs MS FP 2004, but it is slow. AutoCad 2005 LT runs faster than FP.
Also, it will rename long filenames when dragging your web folder from OS X into Virtual PC (Windows Desktop) so watch that. That gave me 3 days of problems before I figured it out.
FP may suck but when you have a big website setup in it, you hate to change. I just use my work PC for website design (work webpage). but my personal webpage is done with Dreamweaver!
Eric