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Robert Brandon · July 21st, 2007, 03:13 AM

Has anyone tried to run Vegas on one of the new intel macs with windows installed? Just curious if it would be stable on a mac. Thanks!

Edward Troxel · July 21st, 2007, 07:01 AM

Several people have done so.

Mike Tesh · July 21st, 2007, 09:10 AM

I was just about the ask the same question. But how is it inside Parallels?

Duane Burleson · July 21st, 2007, 09:52 AM

Vegas 7 runs great on a mac with boot camp, at least on my MacBook. I don't use parallels so can't answer that question but I would think you would get quite a performance hit.

Duane

Chris Klidonas · July 27th, 2007, 11:19 PM

well now its been a while has anyone run vegas on a mac pro? what system and what speed? is it a worthwhile option over another pc? I would love some numbers and stats if anyone had them maybe they would run the rener speed test from

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/...ssageID=538258

Mike Kujbida · July 28th, 2007, 04:34 AM

Chris, if you look towards the bottom of that thread, you'll find the following:

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Mac Pro Quad 3.0 Ghz 8gb Ram
Running windows Vista ultimate 64bit
Vegas 7.0e
1:50 (110 secs)
Processors maxed out at 100%
RAM usage maxed at around 2Gb

********************

Mac Pro quad with two 2.66 Intel dual core Xeons. 2GB RAM.
Vegas 7.0e
First time was not right, consistently 7:35 until I remembered I had dynamic RAM preview set to zero because I sometimes use the Boris FX plugin. By setting dynamic RAM preview to 64MB or higher, render was 2:02. Seems like zeroing RAM preview results in less than full use of all 4 cores. 2 minutes--wowie.
Just for the record, this Mac is running XP Pro SP2 via Boot Camp and seems to use the hardware drivers just fine.

John McManimie · July 28th, 2007, 02:43 PM

If you would like to run Mac apps and Windows apps at the same time rather than having to choose one or the other with bootcamp, you might consider looking at VMWare Fusion.

"Run multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Solaris, on your Macintosh at the same time as Mac OS X – without rebooting. Designed from the ground up for the Mac, VMware Fusion allows you to run Mac and Windows applications side-by-side – quickly and effortlessly sharing information between the two operating systems’ environments. "

"Run Windows XP side-by-side with Mac OS X from your existing Boot Camp partition, which VMware Fusion automatically detects..."

http://www.vmware.com/beta/fusion/overview.html

Only $39.99 pre-order or $79.99 when it is released.

The beta is still available on the page.

Boyd Ostroff · July 28th, 2007, 03:02 PM

FWIW, MacWorld recently did an issue comparing Windows options for Macs: http://www.macworld.com/2007/04/maga...2007/index.php

If they haven't fixed this issue then Fusion might not be a good choice for video editing:

Quote:

On the downside, Fusion has no FireWire support, except as a source of shared folders on a hard drive. I couldn’t get my Wacom graphics tablet to work.

http://www.macworld.com/2007/04/feat...ware/index.php

John McManimie · July 28th, 2007, 03:13 PM

I don't think that it does offer virtualized IEEE 1394 (no VMs do). But, at only $39.99, I think that it might still be a great option that would allow you to use Windows and Mac apps side-by-side..

July 21st, 2007, 03:13 AM	#1
Robert Brandon Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 58	Vegas on a Mac? Has anyone tried to run Vegas on one of the new intel macs with windows installed? Just curious if it would be stable on a mac. Thanks!

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July 21st, 2007, 09:52 AM	#4
Duane Burleson Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sterling Heights, Michigan Posts: 105	Vegas 7 runs great on a mac with boot camp, at least on my MacBook. I don't use parallels so can't answer that question but I would think you would get quite a performance hit. Duane

July 27th, 2007, 11:19 PM	#5
Chris Klidonas Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NY, NY Posts: 129	well now its been a while has anyone run vegas on a mac pro? what system and what speed? is it a worthwhile option over another pc? I would love some numbers and stats if anyone had them maybe they would run the rener speed test from http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/...ssageID=538258

July 28th, 2007, 04:34 AM	#6
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Chris, if you look towards the bottom of that thread, you'll find the following: ****************** Mac Pro Quad 3.0 Ghz 8gb Ram Running windows Vista ultimate 64bit Vegas 7.0e 1:50 (110 secs) Processors maxed out at 100% RAM usage maxed at around 2Gb ****************** Mac Pro quad with two 2.66 Intel dual core Xeons. 2GB RAM. Vegas 7.0e First time was not right, consistently 7:35 until I remembered I had dynamic RAM preview set to zero because I sometimes use the Boris FX plugin. By setting dynamic RAM preview to 64MB or higher, render was 2:02. Seems like zeroing RAM preview results in less than full use of all 4 cores. 2 minutes--wowie. Just for the record, this Mac is running XP Pro SP2 via Boot Camp and seems to use the hardware drivers just fine.

July 28th, 2007, 02:43 PM	#7
John McManimie Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 314	If you would like to run Mac apps and Windows apps at the same time rather than having to choose one or the other with bootcamp, you might consider looking at VMWare Fusion. "Run multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Solaris, on your Macintosh at the same time as Mac OS X – without rebooting. Designed from the ground up for the Mac, VMware Fusion allows you to run Mac and Windows applications side-by-side – quickly and effortlessly sharing information between the two operating systems’ environments. " "Run Windows XP side-by-side with Mac OS X from your existing Boot Camp partition, which VMware Fusion automatically detects..." http://www.vmware.com/beta/fusion/overview.html Only $39.99 pre-order or $79.99 when it is released. The beta is still available on the page.

July 28th, 2007, 03:13 PM	#9
John McManimie Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 314	I don't think that it does offer virtualized IEEE 1394 (no VMs do). But, at only $39.99, I think that it might still be a great option that would allow you to use Windows and Mac apps side-by-side..