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Yes indeed, Cynikal, that is technically correct....but....if only everything in life which SHOULD work actually DID work 
I think this is one of those scenarios where you actually have to see it working to believe that it can be done.
It would seem that no-one has gone down this path yet...
JMB
I think this is one of those scenarios where you actually have to see it working to believe that it can be done.
It would seem that no-one has gone down this path yet...
JMB
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JMB, your comment proves it right there...
Mac's suck.
I'm joking.
No, as well wide known as bootcamp is, I do not foresee any problems. I hear people playing MMO's in Bootcamp, so if they can play a intensive 3d game, i dont see it messing up for B4A. I know people use Visual Studio in it as well... which is .NET based, so....
Mac's suck.
I'm joking.
No, as well wide known as bootcamp is, I do not foresee any problems. I hear people playing MMO's in Bootcamp, so if they can play a intensive 3d game, i dont see it messing up for B4A. I know people use Visual Studio in it as well... which is .NET based, so....
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Windows xpPro/7 on a Macbook Pro
Yes you can - see this Youtube video
YouTube - Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac -- Windows apps on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch from anywhere!
Yes you can - see this Youtube video
YouTube - Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac -- Windows apps on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch from anywhere!
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Nope Mac's don't suck!
They are way better than Windows.
But as a professional developer using C#.NET and some Basic4Android development I need a Windows machine also!!
So may main computer is a Macbook Pro and my other developer computer is a Windows 7 Pro.
They are way better than Windows.
But as a professional developer using C#.NET and some Basic4Android development I need a Windows machine also!!
So may main computer is a Macbook Pro and my other developer computer is a Windows 7 Pro.
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It works!
Hi all,
I am hoping we aren't going to descend into the "Macs vs PCs" war here!
Anyway, I decided to see if I could answer my own question - and the short answer is... YES! It works, and very impressive it is too!
The only thing that I have not tested is B4A Bridge, but everything else works - IDE, device emulator, debugger, connection and debugging on a real device (HTC Desire HD), even internet pass-through connecting through the Mac side of things to a 3 Mobile dongle!
I will post more details later, but I was running Win 7 Home Premium inside Parallels for Windows on a Macbook Pro 13in with 2.53Ghz Core 2 Duo CPU and 4GB of RAM - 2 Gb for the virtual machine running Windows 7.
It is very impressive - and quick too. More to follow later.
JMB
Hi all,
I am hoping we aren't going to descend into the "Macs vs PCs" war here!
Anyway, I decided to see if I could answer my own question - and the short answer is... YES! It works, and very impressive it is too!
The only thing that I have not tested is B4A Bridge, but everything else works - IDE, device emulator, debugger, connection and debugging on a real device (HTC Desire HD), even internet pass-through connecting through the Mac side of things to a 3 Mobile dongle!
I will post more details later, but I was running Win 7 Home Premium inside Parallels for Windows on a Macbook Pro 13in with 2.53Ghz Core 2 Duo CPU and 4GB of RAM - 2 Gb for the virtual machine running Windows 7.
It is very impressive - and quick too. More to follow later.
JMB
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Running Windows on Mac in Virtualbox
I recently saw Windows running in Virtualbox on a macbook.
Was really fast... Could not check if all the hardware stuff was running well- but at first glance it was impressive.
Maybe you give that a try.
I recently saw Windows running in Virtualbox on a macbook.
Was really fast... Could not check if all the hardware stuff was running well- but at first glance it was impressive.
Maybe you give that a try.
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Speed
This has been quite an eye-opener.
I've been doing side-by-side tests of the Macbook Pro running Windows 7 in Parallels, against my HP laptop which is roughly the same spec (2.4Ghz against 2.53Ghz), both running B4A v1.5 and both compiling and downloading the same code onto an emulated device.
The weird thing is that the Macbook thrashes the HP laptop!
I will post a video later if I can figure out how to upload one.
Any clues as to how to upload video, or should I put it on YouTube or something?
I've still not tested the B4A Bridge. Will try that this evening.
This is my first foray into the Mac world - I have only used PCs up until about 2 days ago!
JMB
This has been quite an eye-opener.
I've been doing side-by-side tests of the Macbook Pro running Windows 7 in Parallels, against my HP laptop which is roughly the same spec (2.4Ghz against 2.53Ghz), both running B4A v1.5 and both compiling and downloading the same code onto an emulated device.
The weird thing is that the Macbook thrashes the HP laptop!
I will post a video later if I can figure out how to upload one.
Any clues as to how to upload video, or should I put it on YouTube or something?
I've still not tested the B4A Bridge. Will try that this evening.
This is my first foray into the Mac world - I have only used PCs up until about 2 days ago!
JMB
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Hello, I have been using basic4android for a while now...But now I am migrating to Mac. Can anyone please help me how can I run basic4android on mac without paying any extra cost (for like parallel etc)? It's been a while since last post in this topic. Is basic4android still not compatible with mac?
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https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads has an OS X version and is free. I use the Windows version on my Windows 7 PC. You will of course need a copy of Windows to install in the Virtual Machine.
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