#Quicken For Apple Mac And Windows

Quicken For Apple Mac And Windows

Parallels is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.3. Parallels Desktop for Mac and Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. Boot Camp enables you to boot the computer into OS X or Windows.2. Follow instructions in the Boot Camp documentation on installation of Boot Camp, creating Driver CD, and installing Windows. Purchase Windows XP w/Service Pak2, Vista, or Windows 7. Install the Apple Boot Camp software.

The Windows applications can run concurrently with OS X.5. CrossOver which enables running many Windows applications without having to install Windows. VM Fusion is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.4.

See MacTech.com's Virtualization Benchmarking for comparisons of Boot Camp, Parallels, and VM Fusion. The latter tend to be a little slower (not much) and do not provide the video performance of the dual-boot system. There are performance differences between dual-boot systems and virtualization. It is much slower than the virtualization software, Parallels and VM Fusion.Note that Parallels and VM Fusion can also run other operating systems such as Linux, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, etc. Q is a freeware emulator that is compatible with Intel Macs. It is not as fully developed for the Mac as Parallels and VM Fusion.6.

You will also find online tutorials which I found useful for doing things like importing my Quicken data. In addition you can download a fully functional 30 day trial to use and see if it's for you. They have good support, it's feature rich and have a good installed base so they should be around to upgrade the app. I settled on iBank which I found to be an excellent app.

Because Quicken 2007 for Mac will not run in Lion you need to export the data prior to switch ing to Lion. I'd suggest finding an app that run on OS X rather than installing MS Windows on your machine which is expensive and IMHO a move backward.BTW if you are intrested in iBank you can find them at:Finally if you are considering moving to Lion prior to doing so make sure you export your Quicken data otherwise you would be in a pinch.