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    Running Office 2003 (2007), Visual Studio, etc. on MacBook Pro

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by gary1958, Jul 12, 2007.

  1. gary1958

    gary1958 Notebook Guru

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    I am in the process of purchasing a new laptop. I do a lot of development work with Office 2003 (eventually Office 2003) with VBA and some VB.Net with Visual Studio 2005. How capable is the MacBook Pro with this. Or should I stick with a pure windows laptop. If so, which one?

    Thanks

    Gary
     
    gary1958, Jul 12, 2007
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  2. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    The MacBook Pro will be able to handle those tasks, better through Boot Camp than Parallels. It depends, are you planning to run Windows full time if you get a Mac? If so, I'd say stick to a pure Windows laptop. You'll be paying for Mac OS X and iLife which you won't be using. However, if you plan to try out OS X, and maybe use that in leisure time and Windows at work, then the MacBook Pro is an excellent choice.
     
    Sam, Jul 12, 2007
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  3. M@lew

    M@lew Notebook Evangelist

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    I use Visual Basic on my Macbook via Parallels and it works fine.
     
    M@lew, Jul 14, 2007
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    Geek94 Notebook Consultant

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    I ordered a MBP and I'm planning to do c#, java and a few other languages on it as well as trying out a mac os for the first time. Heard there aren't a many problems doing that through parallels or boot camp.
     
    Geek94, Jul 14, 2007
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    As others have said, a MBP will be fine using virtualization like Parallels. I would also consider VMware Fusion. You can try the beta free and it is rather good.
     
    cashmonee, Jul 14, 2007
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