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Parallels
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 3:24 pm
by kozikowski
I have a new Mac that will run Parallels (that I haven't installed yet) and thus have the ability to run Audacity Windows and Audacity Mac at the same time. Who wins? Is there going to be a little mushroom cloud over my machine if I try?
Koz
Re: Parallels
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 6:08 pm
by steve
You should be able to run both the Windows version and the Mac version simultaneously with no mushroom cloud.
As far as each version is concerned, the other version is on a different computer.
Re: Parallels
Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 12:32 am
by kozikowski
So I can blame you if it doesn't work?
Koz
Re: Parallels
Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:26 pm
by steve
I have run Audacity 1.3.7 (or 1.3.8 alpha) in Linux, and Audacity 1.2.6 (Windows version) in "Wine", and they run quite happily at the same time. I've also run Audacity (various versions) on various operating systems in VirtualBox, and again no problem other than some Microsoft OS's run rather too slowly in virtual machines (I don't have the non-free accelerators). The most likely issue that you may have is getting the sound system to work in your virtual machine.
kozikowski wrote:So I can blame you if it doesn't work?
No, you can blame Parallels if it doesn't work. I've never used Parallels, but applications running in a virtual machine should be totally independent of applications running on the host computer.
Bar any Maxwell Demon effects, the chances of mushroom clouds is disappointingly small.