Post by thread:[PIC] Mac users: MPLAB with Parallels Desktop and

forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=304173 Robert Welch (from Microchip) has reported the following. "I've got one of the older Macbook Pros using the Intel Processor. Since the release prior to V3.0, Parallels has allowed me to use ALL USB development tools while running XP Home Edition, updated to SP2. I've used: Real ICE, ICD2, Pickit1, Pickit2, ICD2 LE, PM3, and the ICE4000." So Mac users (normally are willing to pay more to think different: Parallel Desktop and Windows XP SP2 are not that expensive anyway compared to a new Mac) should have a good solution now. Xiaofan

While it's a technically cool way to solve a problem, it's not a very viable one. If I want to run Windows, I install Windows, on a x86 based machine. But it's not the route for me. I use Mac as a Mac, and I have Linux as well. Microchip got themselves so snared in the web of Microsoft, that MPlab can't be used outside that environment. Their loss. There are other tools, especially for Linux. That way, I haven't had the need to delve into PIC development with Mac. Maybe not the most constructive reply, but it felt good getting it off the chest. Wed 2008/2/27, Xiaofan Chen <spam_OUTxiaofancTakeThisOuTgmail.com>: {Quote hidden}> > http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=304173 > > Robert Welch (from Microchip) has reported the following. > "I've got one of the older Macbook Pros using the Intel Processor. > Since the release prior to V3.0, Parallels has allowed me to use > ALL USB development tools while running XP Home Edition, > updated to SP2. I've used: Real ICE, ICD2, Pickit1, Pickit2, > ICD2 LE, PM3, and the ICE4000." > > So Mac users (normally are willing to pay more to think > different: Parallel Desktop and Windows XP SP2 are not that > expensive anyway compared to a new Mac) should have a good > solution now. > > > Xiaofan > > -

On Feb 26, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > So Mac users (normally are willing to pay more to think > different: Parallel Desktop and Windows XP SP2 are not that > expensive anyway compared to a new Mac) should have a good > solution now. Bah. $80 for Parallels, and $200 for WXP Home (retail); You might as well buy a whole separate PC that you control with VCP. Maybe a slightly older one that still has useful bits like serial and parallel ports! BillW

On 2/27/08, William Chops Westfield <.....westfwKILLspam@spam@mac.com> wrote: > > On Feb 26, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > > > So Mac users (normally are willing to pay more to think > > different: Parallel Desktop and Windows XP SP2 are not that > > expensive anyway compared to a new Mac) should have a good > > solution now. > > Bah. $80 for Parallels, and $200 for WXP Home (retail); You might > as well buy a whole separate PC that you control with VCP. Maybe a > slightly older one that still has useful bits like serial and > parallel ports! > So maybe the free bootcamp and reduced-price $129 Vista Home Premium will help. (http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9882510-56.html?tag=nefd.lede) Xiaofan

On Feb 26, 2008, at 10:25 PM, William Chops Westfield wrote: > > On Feb 26, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > >> So Mac users (normally are willing to pay more to think >> different: Parallel Desktop and Windows XP SP2 are not that >> expensive anyway compared to a new Mac) should have a good >> solution now. > > Bah. $80 for Parallels, and $200 for WXP Home (retail); You might > as well buy a whole separate PC that you control with VCP. Maybe a > slightly older one that still has useful bits like serial and > parallel ports! Or $40 for parallels and cheap upgrades since you were an early- adopter, and $99 for "OEM" Windows XP, after buying the Mac some more RAM -- since all the retailer has to do is "sell you hardware" to show that you're building a machine to qualify to sell you their OEM versions. Wasn't my idea... it was the retailer's... -- Nate Duehr, WY0X nateKILLspamnatetech.com