[AccessD] Access 2007 Applications on Apple MacBook Pro

[Doug Steele]

I do all my Access development on macs.  I've used both VMWare Fusion and
Parallels to set up Windows VMs.  They both work well, and are quite
comparable.  Set up usually isn't much of a problem, as long as you have
Windows/Office setup disks or DVD iso files.  You can mount an iso file as
if it were a DVD.

I have separate VMs set up for each version of Office, which really helps.

Doug

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Bill Benson <bensonforums at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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