[amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
- From: Ram Printing and Promotions Inc <ramprinting@xxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:52:48 -0600
John,
my ner g5's are running duel processors at I believe 1 gig each. Hard Disk is 2 gigs
Dana @
Ram Printing & Promotions Inc.
(780) 875-5073
www.ramprinting.net
----- Original Message -----
From: John Yaglenski <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:18 am
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
> Hey Dana:
>
> I have a mac powerbook 15" G-4. How much ram are you using to get
> VirtualPC to run well. For me, it still seems kludgey. Of
> course, from what I
> have heard, on the new macs that run on INTEL chips, virtual pc runs
> incredibly well.
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>
> John Yaglenski
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> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ram Printing and
> Promotions Inc
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:34 AM
> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
>
>
>
> Jeff,
>
> I have just ordered 2 more machines bringing the total to 5. I
> will have 4
> at a remote location from the other one and there is a mac there.
> I am
> going to try the usb dongle for Design Shop on my mac g5 running
> virtual pc.
> Currently I am running Melco Letera seamlessly on the virtual pc
> side of my
> mac. Letera does not use any security measures such as a dongle
> though.Since a mac does not come with a serial port anymore I will
> have to use the
> USB version of the dongle.
>
> I will keep you posted on how the testing goes. I have high hopes
> as for
> about 7 months I have been running graphics software that is soley
> IBM on my
> mac seamlessly.
>
> I should start testing next week sometime and I'll let you know
> from there.
>
> If the testing goes well it may be a new avenue that Melco can
> persue and
> confirm the testing for theirselves. If it works well then maybe
> I should
> be on the Melco payroll ....he he
>
>
>
> Dana @
> Ram Printing & Promotions Inc.
> (780) 875-5073
> www.ramprinting.net
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
>
> From: Jeff Banks <banksje@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> Date: Friday, July 22, 2005 8:38 pm
>
>
>
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
>
>
>
>
>
> > I bet if the MAC user base increased it would be considered to
> > perhaps offer
> > both PC and MAC versions. But when the MAC personal computer
> base
> > is only
> > somewhere about 12 to 16 percent of the personal computer
> > population, and
> > the actual Embroidery software audience is so small, the cost
> > justification
> > to develop MAC versions of the software will probably never
> become
> > a
> > reality. One thing I have been reading is that the MAC sales
> have
> > increased
> > dramatically due to the IPod and associated stuff with it. Also
> > the fact the
> > MAC is basically Virus, Spyware and Malware free it is becoming
> > more and
> > more popular. The fact is though, that when the user base is so
> > small
> > compared to the PC, a company looking to target the largest
> > audience
> > possible with products that use a personal computer is going to
> go
> > with a PC
> > to get the biggest return from the investment in development.
> Its
> > just good
> > business sense.
> >
> > I am not sure how easy it would be, even with the cross
> > compilers. There
> > are 3rd party drivers and modules used in the Melco software.
> The
> > Dongle
> > Driver, (which states it is cross platform compatible, but no
> > testing by
> > Melco as far as I know), the floppy drive driver used so the
> > software can
> > read and write non-Dos disk formats such as the older Melco
> > format, Barudan
> > etc., the Ethernet Driver which does NOT use the Windows
> > networking in
> > anyway, and others. So, I am pretty sure it would be a big and
> > costly
> > project to do, along with the added costs to all production
> > aspects of it
> > such as testing etc. Not sure the target audience is big enough
> to
> > justify
> > the expense to do it?
> >
> > Just some of my thoughts on it...
> >
> > Jeff Banks
> > Melco Embroidery Systems
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Iris Embroidery" <irisembroidery@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 4:07 PM
> > Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
> >
> >
> > I am sure they can do that. From what I have heard, Amaya and
> > DS software
> > was built off of Microsoft C++ and MFC. Microsoft had cross
> > compilers which
> > compile it into Mac OS software. I have designed and built for
> > both systems
> > using the cross compilers. Or if they are port their software to
> > java.....it eliminates dependency. Still need to be QA'ed on
> both
> > platforms.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Probably they might just do it for MAC lovers like you. But it
> is
> > possibleto do it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Veena.
> >
> > IRIS EMBROIDERY
> > www.companycasuals.com/IrisEmbroidery
> > (510)-226-6171
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DLCompton@xxxxxxx
> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:16 PM
> > To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
> >
> >
> >
> > Same here.....I would LOVE the Amaya to run off a Mac OS
> system!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Using PCs only 'cause I have to. :-(
> >
> >
> >
> > Dorothy Compton
> > Bee Embroidered
> > www.BeeEmbroidered.com <" target="l">"
> target="l">http://www.beeembroidered.com/>
> > (916) 635-7467
> > Rancho Cordova, CA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/22/2005 2:03:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > ramprinting@xxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > Roland,
> >
> > I would like to say hello to a fellow mac user. Until i got my
> > embroiderymachines that only run ibm i was soley mac. I have 5
> G5
> > dual processors and
> > love them. Not too many mac people out there so I just wanted to
> > say hi
> >
> >
> >
> > Dana @
> > Ram Printing & Promotions Inc.
> > (780) 875-5073
> > www.ramprinting.net
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:54 pm
> > Subject: [amayausers] Re: Cataloging and Printing Designs
> >
> > > Is there a pdf file on these designs? The computer running my
> Amaya
> > > is the
> > > only PC in my shop-everything else is Mac so there is no
> > printer, web,
> > > anything hooked up to designshop so no way to print out of it.
> If
> > > there is a
> > > pdf file I can bring it to my mac and print from there...I
> didn't
> > > realizethere were other designs in the program either!
> > > Roland
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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