Run on Macs?

[Frank Wagner]

I am a developer of software for schools. I have a developers edition of
Access 2000 and create applications that are distributed with a run-time
version of Access. They work fine in a PC environment, but many of the
schools have Macs. It is my understanding that a software product called
Parallels allows such applications to work on the newer Macs with an Intel
Chip. Also there is a product available called VirtualPC 7.0 that is
supposed to allow Windows applications to work on older Macs. My
understanding is that it is a little clunky, but most of my client schools
will only be using the application one day a week.

Does anyone have any experience with these products? Will they allow an
application using a runtime version of Access to operate?

Any help would be appreciated

 

[Allen Browne]

Microsoft never released Access for the Mac, so the typical approach is to
run Access in a virtual machine. This actually works quite well in the
Intel-based Macs. The recent ones actually do respond to a right-click on
the mouse, so you will be quite at home (though I never did find the Ins key
on the Mac keyboard.)

Parallels works fine. VMWare has a virtual machine that works very well.
Last time I looked, Microsoft's VirtualPC didn't run on a Mac.

 

[Frank Wagner]

Allen:

Thanks. That's good to hear that decent software is available for Intel
based Macs. The software for the older Macs is actually named "Microsoft
Virtual PC for Mac 7.0". If anyone has any experience running an application
using a run-time version of Access using this software, I would appreciate
any information you can provide.

Thanks again
-
Frank Wagner
(e-mail address removed)

Microsoft never released Access for the Mac, so the typical approach is to
run Access in a virtual machine. This actually works quite well in the
Intel-based Macs. The recent ones actually do respond to a right-click on
the mouse, so you will be quite at home (though I never did find the Ins key
on the Mac keyboard.)

Parallels works fine. VMWare has a virtual machine that works very well.
Last time I looked, Microsoft's VirtualPC didn't run on a Mac.