[AccessD] Access on Macs

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Thu Jun 9 12:39:40 CDT 2005


It was announced on Monday that next year Macs willl start using Intel
processors and will be able to run Windows....

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1824718,00.asp

VirtualPC is a PC Emulator for the Mac
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/virtualpc/virtualpc.aspx?pid=virtualpc



On 6/9/05, Steve Capistrant <scapistrant at symphonyinfo.com> wrote:
> I met yesterday with a prospect for our Access-based software product.
> A fifth of their computers are Macs, the remainder PCs.  Based on what I
> have assumed for YEARS, I noted that it won't fly with the Mac users,
> unless you buy some third party emulator, and even then I've heard about
> flaky behavior.
> 
> Yet they assured me that Macs can run all MS Office applications.  No
> emulator.  Am I in the dark here?  Do Macs have a native MS Office
> version?  If so, does it include Access?  And if so, can they work
> seamlessly with an Access file generated from a PC, or is there some
> format conversion that is required to create a Mac-enabled file?
> 
> Steve Capistrant
> scapistrant at symphonyinfo.com
> Symphony Information Services
> 7308 Aspen Lane North, Suite 132
> Brooklyn Park, MN  55428
> 763-391-7400
> www.symphonyinfo.com
> 
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