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Windows version of Google Earth on a Mac

Avatar Mark Ford
Because of a bug in the Mac version of Google Earth I find I have to explore the possibility of running the Windows version to create kmz files containing pictures.

I see that Cross Over will not work in this case so I plan to use Vista.

I feel I am moving into a scary world of which I know nothing - can anyone point me to the least painful solution please?

Re: Windows version of Google Earth on a Mac

Avatar Douglas Cheney
Mark you have 4 options; 1) Run Windows under Boot Camp, help can be found here http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
2) Run it on Parallels. 3) Run it on VMware Fusion. 4) run it on Virtual Box which is a free program. I run XP on VMware fusion and it works quite well for what I need it for

Re: Windows version of Google Earth on a Mac

Avatar Mark Ford
Thanks Doug - can I ask what you use it for?
Has anyone any ideas about the best of these 4 options?

Re: Windows version of Google Earth on a Mac

Avatar Mick Burrell
I don't use Windows Mark so can't comment on the options but make sure you have all the anti-virus, malware software that you would if it was a stand alone Windows machine. The version of Windows you run will not be immune just because it's running on a Mac.
 
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