[AccessD] Access 2007 Applications on Apple MacBook Pro

Bill Benson bensonforums at gmail.com
Thu Apr 2 15:54:38 CDT 2015


The only way I have heard to run Access on a mac is with a virtual machine
with windows. If running that, all ms office products should work as
expected - but it may take a fairly sophisticated person to make sure the
virtual machine is set up correctly with all the updated.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Brad Marks <bradm at blackforestltd.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> Our company president has an Apple MacBook Pro at home which he would like
> to use at work.
>
> We have a number of Access 2007 applications which access both Firebird
> and Pervasive databases via OBDC.
>
> I have never work with Apple hardware before.  I have heard of other
> people running Windows applications on Macbooks, but I have never explored
> this area.
>
> I am curious if others have been down this path.
>
> What new software will be needed?
>
> Any advice or insights would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brad
>
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