Running the Segmented Project Planner on a Mac

More and more people are asking me about the prospect of running the Segmented Project Planner on a Mac, so I've done a little research to find out what can really be done.

The news is good and getting even better! Through the end of 2005 there was just one solution, Virtual PC. This product is owned by Microsoft and I'm told it does a pretty good job of letting you use Windows based software on a Mac.

But, as of the beginning of 2006, all new Macs are based on an Intel processor and things are changing rapidly. Now there are 4 new solutions available that take advantage of this chip/processor change.

Unfortunately, most the solutions require that you have a copy of Windows XP and that will cost you about $100. The really cool thing, though, is that these 5 solutions give you the best of both worlds; access to both Mac and PC software on one machine. A couple of the solutions, those implementing a virtual machine, let you run Mac and PC applications at the same time!

The table below details what I've learned.

But consider another approach as well! Your existing Windows machine (if its drive hasn't crashed) is still useable for your segmented design work. And a recent search of the WEB (1/29/2019) revealed 10 Windows XP machines available for $95 - $150 on eBay!

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