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shannon62...

January 26, 2009 08:31 PM

How to use PC software on a Mac?

I have the PC software for Adobe InDesign CS2, that I need for my job. I was given it by a professor... Is there a way I can still use it on my Mac

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559624

January 26, 2009 11:50 PM

You could dual boot Mac and Windows with Bootcamp.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html

Or create a virtual PC with something like Parallels or VMware.
http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/

Both would require a valid Windows license.
Source(s):
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html
http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/

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ssharon

January 27, 2009 02:40 AM

CS2 is a pretty heavy duty suite of software that I wouldn't recommend running in emulation or virtualization if you can avoid it. I would either dual boot your Mac (assuming it is intel based) and run it natively in windows or find the Mac version of CS2.

If your professor gave you a legal license to the windows version perhaps you can trade it with someone for the Mac version. Either that or have your work pay for it.

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