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Apple Mac users

Post/Author/DateTime Post
#1
eini
Aug 11, 2009 0:22:39 Can D&DI be used on the mac computers? I am about to upgrade my PC and was thinking about the my options.
#2
dalzig
Aug 11, 2009 0:29:44 Not natively. There have been reports of people successfully running it through a Windows emulation using a program such as VM Fusion or VirtualBox. Or you could Boot-Camp a Mac so it would dualboot Windows and OSX.

So, at some point, you will have to have Windows installed to run the Character and Monster Builders. The Compendium and web-tools, along with the D&Di Articles are completely platform independent.
#3
RCanine
Aug 11, 2009 1:32:41 I use D&DI on a Mac via Parallels.

The character builder is not too bad, although it can be frustratingly slow.

The compendium works really well with SSBs like Fluid.app.

All-in-all it's not bad.
#4
eini
Aug 11, 2009 3:10:50 Thanks guys. I grabbed the Mac. I figure I can put windows in it if I need to later, when I understand it
#5
darkjedi26
Aug 11, 2009 19:54:04 Installing Windows on a mac with Parallels and VM Fusion is pretty easy. I use it to run the CB and it works fine (albeit slow sometimes)
#6
DanBackslide
Aug 14, 2009 0:37:22 CB and the Monster Builder work fine for me using VMware Fusion. Monster Builder's a little slow, but it's still beta (and I only give 512MB to the VM). The Compendium works fine in Safari.

To print I have CutePDF installed in the VM. I save the PDFs off to the Mac side using VMware's Shared Folders feature, then print on the Mac side. I also save the CB files off, for easy uploading to iplay4e.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 eini Aug 11, 2009 0:22:39	Can D&DI be used on the mac computers? I am about to upgrade my PC and was thinking about the my options.
#2 dalzig Aug 11, 2009 0:29:44	Not natively. There have been reports of people successfully running it through a Windows emulation using a program such as VM Fusion or VirtualBox. Or you could Boot-Camp a Mac so it would dualboot Windows and OSX. So, at some point, you will have to have Windows installed to run the Character and Monster Builders. The Compendium and web-tools, along with the D&Di Articles are completely platform independent.
#3 RCanine Aug 11, 2009 1:32:41	I use D&DI on a Mac via Parallels. The character builder is not too bad, although it can be frustratingly slow. The compendium works really well with SSBs like Fluid.app. All-in-all it's not bad.
#4 eini Aug 11, 2009 3:10:50	Thanks guys. I grabbed the Mac. I figure I can put windows in it if I need to later, when I understand it
#5 darkjedi26 Aug 11, 2009 19:54:04	Installing Windows on a mac with Parallels and VM Fusion is pretty easy. I use it to run the CB and it works fine (albeit slow sometimes)
#6 DanBackslide Aug 14, 2009 0:37:22	CB and the Monster Builder work fine for me using VMware Fusion. Monster Builder's a little slow, but it's still beta (and I only give 512MB to the VM). The Compendium works fine in Safari. To print I have CutePDF installed in the VM. I save the PDFs off to the Mac side using VMware's Shared Folders feature, then print on the Mac side. I also save the CB files off, for easy uploading to iplay4e.