Hi --I want to ask if any of you have been running eQuest on a MacBook?
My back-up laptop, Dell Vostro, lost its motherboard 2 nights ago right in
the middle of a Baseline model....Ugh. It was only 2.5 yrs old.
With that crash---I'm fed up with Dells and am looking for a better laptop
with enough reliability to handle eQuest.
Are there any drawbacks or advantages that I should be aware of before
purchasing a MacBook? It's nervy to switch to a Mac, being a PC so
long, but after 5 Dell computers---and poor computer quality, I'm wavering
from the whole PC thing anyway....
Would appreciate advice, notes or recommendations on a new, good laptop
that will run eQuest with little issues...
Thanks,
Pasha
1. i run equest on win2k using vmware on my macbook, imac, and mac mini
(rare for the mini anymore). no dual booting. win2k connected to my
network so i can copy my files to my project directory. works fine. i
don't run windows in full screen just in case it (windows) locks up & i
can't see my mac controls ... but the lock up i've had twice wasn't due
to equest.
macbook is a 2008 white core 2 duo running snow leopard 4 gigs ram, imac
is a 2008 24" core 2 duo running snow leopard 4 gigs ram, mini is a 2007
core duo running snow leopard, 2 gigs ram.
2. usgbc submittals - if you're submitting thru windows in a virtual
machine (read windows vista/7) you could do the online submittals thru
windows. if you're using a mac though as of this morning (still):
3. potential problem
usgbc leed online v3/2009 does NOT support osx lion/safari 5.1. the
banner that shows up at the top says they're still working on it but
they've been working on it since lion came out. when snow leopard came
out it took them 6 months or so to "fix" the online site to be mac friendly.
4. i have not had good success running equest using the wine emulator
on my mac. i find it unstable and prone to crashing so i just keep
running it under win2k in vmware.
Pasha --
I'm a complete Apple fanboy so consider my advice with that in mind. I run a
MacBook Pro, VM Ware Fusion as a virtual machine and Windows XP underneath
that. On the Windows virtual PC I run eQuest, AutoCad Light, Window6 and ?
now that LEED Online Version 3 won't work with Safari or Firefox ? Internet
Explorer to fill out my templates. It works mostly like a charm. I've
actually done speed tests against cheaper PC laptops running the same model
and my virtual PC smokes them.
Your milage may vary. Feel free to contact me off-forum if you have any more
specific questions.
Steve Samenski, PE, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP
From: Pasha Korber-Gonzalez
To: eQUEST Users List
Hi --I want to ask if any of you have been running eQuest on a MacBook?
My back-up laptop, Dell Vostro, lost its motherboard 2 nights ago right in
the middle of a Baseline model....Ugh. It was only 2.5 yrs old.
With that crash---I'm fed up with Dells and am looking for a better laptop
with enough reliability to handle eQuest.
Are there any drawbacks or advantages that I should be aware of before
purchasing a MacBook? It's nervy to switch to a Mac, being a PC so long,
but after 5 Dell computers---and poor computer quality, I'm wavering from
the whole PC thing anyway....
Would appreciate advice, notes or recommendations on a new, good laptop that
will run eQuest with little issues...
Thanks,
Pasha
Patrick ? I understand from talking with the GBCI reviewers at GreenBuild
that the LEED Online browser problem is due to a fight between Apple and
Adobe. I can buy that but it doesn't explain why they won't support Firefox.
Harrumph.
Steve Samenski, PE, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP
From: "Patrick J. O'Leary, Jr."
To: Pasha Korber-Gonzalez
1. i run equest on win2k using vmware on my macbook, imac, and mac mini
(rare for the mini anymore). no dual booting. win2k connected to my
network so i can copy my files to my project directory. works fine. i
don't run windows in full screen just in case it (windows) locks up & i
can't see my mac controls ... but the lock up i've had twice wasn't due to
equest.
macbook is a 2008 white core 2 duo running snow leopard 4 gigs ram, imac is
a 2008 24" core 2 duo running snow leopard 4 gigs ram, mini is a 2007 core
duo running snow leopard, 2 gigs ram.
2. usgbc submittals - if you're submitting thru windows in a virtual
machine (read windows vista/7) you could do the online submittals thru
windows. if you're using a mac though as of this morning (still):
3. potential problem
usgbc leed online v3/2009 does NOT support osx lion/safari 5.1. the banner
that shows up at the top says they're still working on it but they've been
working on it since lion came out. when snow leopard came out it took them
6 months or so to "fix" the online site to be mac friendly.
4. i have not had good success running equest using the wine emulator on
my mac. i find it unstable and prone to crashing so i just keep running it
under win2k in vmware.
> Hi --I want to ask if any of you have been running eQuest on a MacBook? My
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Guess what? you can have everything you want.
I got a MacBook Pro in 2008. That was during Windows Vista days and I
just didn't want to get involved with it. What I was originally looking
for was a PC that could run a dual environment: one Vista, one XP. I
spent hours, at Best Buy, while they tried to find the PC that could do
it. They were still looking when a sales associate came up and whispered
"go to a Mac store. They've been doing this for years.
It's true that they can do this. You will need two things: your boxed
version of the Windows operating system, so they know that you bought it
and a thick spin when the Mac guy says: sure I can install a dual
environment, they call it Boot Camp btw, with a slight sneer. At this
point you have already bought the Mac but I would recommend not even
leaving the store with it. Come prepared with your discs.
It will cost you more, by which I mean the Mac and the PC, there might
be a small charge for installing Boot Camp, I don't remember. I had my
partition set at 75% Windows/25% Mac. That has worked well so far. I am
entering my 3rd year of this arrangement and the only failure I have had
has been on the PC side, when my Sound Card mysteriously disappeared.
Good luck!
Carol
Or if you know your laptop still works and you think it is only the software that's toast. Consider installing Ubuntu.