John102774
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Just curious, is Vegas 8 supported on a MAC system? Thanks in advance!
Is Vegas supported on a MAC
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Eugenia Loli-Queru
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As long as you have an Intel-based Mac, you can use Apple's "bootcamp" utility to setup a new partition to install Windows XP/Vista. When you do that, you can then install Vegas on this Windows partition on your Mac.
You can't use Vegas as a native Mac OS X application, if that's what you are asking. Also, I do not recommend you run Vegas through a virtualizer like Parallels or VMWare, as Vegas requires as much resources as it can get to run correctly.
You can't use Vegas as a native Mac OS X application, if that's what you are asking. Also, I do not recommend you run Vegas through a virtualizer like Parallels or VMWare, as Vegas requires as much resources as it can get to run correctly.
Chenopup
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Vegas runs as good or better on my MacPro than any other PC I've ever built. Using Bootcamp there's no difference between Windows OS on either platform.
I second the "don't use an emulator / virtualizer" comment as well. I found Vegas to be rather snappy under VMWare Fusion but the lack of proper internal / external drive support, firewire and dual monitor support just renders it unsuitable for most video editing work. I do know a few who are doing it and okay with it but it's not recommended at this point.
cheno
I second the "don't use an emulator / virtualizer" comment as well. I found Vegas to be rather snappy under VMWare Fusion but the lack of proper internal / external drive support, firewire and dual monitor support just renders it unsuitable for most video editing work. I do know a few who are doing it and okay with it but it's not recommended at this point.
cheno
John102774
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Thanks guys!
Cheno: Interesting, what's your Mac configuration and OS. I"m very interested in building one dedicated for editing in Vegas. :laugh:
Thanks in advance.
Chenopup
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2.6 Dual Core / 4 Gigs RAM
You can get a much zippier 8 core for the price I paid a year ago.
Running XP
There is a great article on the Creative Cow website from Tim Wilson about a program called nLite that will install Windows but slim it down to only the necessary operating components (something I'd really like to look into as I hate all the built in junk)
I'd suggest MacDrive for accessing the mac side drives from XP and aside from that, I LOVE having both OS's on the machine. FCP is great for when I'm working with boutiques but if I have my druthers, I'd rather cut in Vegas which is really the only reason I'm running Windoze anything on that partition.
cheno
You can get a much zippier 8 core for the price I paid a year ago.
Running XP
There is a great article on the Creative Cow website from Tim Wilson about a program called nLite that will install Windows but slim it down to only the necessary operating components (something I'd really like to look into as I hate all the built in junk)
I'd suggest MacDrive for accessing the mac side drives from XP and aside from that, I LOVE having both OS's on the machine. FCP is great for when I'm working with boutiques but if I have my druthers, I'd rather cut in Vegas which is really the only reason I'm running Windoze anything on that partition.
cheno
LightningFilms
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Vegas 7 runs better on my Macbook 13" than my PC, using boot camp.
2.4ghz dual core
2gb Ram
Even though the graphics are integrated, I just use the Macbook on a external monitor.
....I think it's time for a PC upgrade.
2.4ghz dual core
2gb Ram
Even though the graphics are integrated, I just use the Macbook on a external monitor.
....I think it's time for a PC upgrade.