by special guest tipster Ross Poppel
If you were watching during the convention I was using it on a Mac. It can be done by using a program like Parallels or VMWare Fusion.
These are what are called virtual machines allowing you to run an operating system inside an operating system. Basically you need a relatively recent Mac (within the last 3-4 years) that is based on an Intel processor. If you have a question about that let me know.
After that you need two things --
- VMWare Fusion (http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion) - about $80.00
- Parallels (www.parallels.com) - about $80.00
- Wine for Mac (http://www.winehq.org) - FREE
If you use VMWare or Parallels you will also need to have any Any flavor of windows such as XP, Vista or Windows 7. These aren’t too difficult to come by. You may already have an unused license or can purchase an OEM version from eBay.
Install Parallels, Install XP (or Windows 7), Install Collector's Assistant. Poof... running on Mac.
If you are asking if Collector’s Assistant Plus will ever be a native Mac or Cocoa application? Probably not.