Update:

Formation Design Systems no longer develops or supports software running under the Macintosh OS or OS X. However, with Apple's announcement of Macintosh computers based on Intel processors, it is now possible to run the latest Windows versions of Formation Design Systems software natively on a Macintosh.

While it has always been possible to use Virtual PC to run Windows programs on a Mac, this is generally relatively slow and can have occasional compatibility problems. It is in fact not officially supported by us as we are unable to test this configuration sufficiently well.

The new Intel-based Macs allow you to use a tool called BootCamp to install and run Windows on your Mac, alongside your Macintosh OS. While it doesn't provide the live switching between the two that VirtualPC does, (it requires a reboot to switch) it does give you very fast Windows performance on the same machine you use from day to day. More details on BootCamp can be found on Apple's web site.

A third party also has a product named Parallels that offers a similar switching between OSX and Windows but without re-booting. Info on that can be found at www.parallels.com. We have not had an opportunity to test Parallel's compatibility with our software.

Given the very low cost of high performance Windows machines, and the increasing additional functionality of the Windows versions of our software, we recommend adding a Windows machine to your network and gradually moving over to it.

If you would like to cross-grade your Mac versions to Windows, please contact us for a quotation.

If you would like to see what new developments have been happening with the Windows versions of Maxsurf, take a look at our latest newsletters.