When using Boot Camp you boot independently into either Windows or Mac OS. Of course you could complicate the issue more by saving the data generated to an external drive formatted ExFat which can be read/write by both Windows and your Mac Operating System. It is as though you were were using a Windows computer. If using Windows in a Boot Camp installation you would install Office and any other Windows program in Windows. You are correct about your Office Suite, to a point. Thanks in advance for your advice and assistance! Is this correct?Īlternatively, if I use Parallels, would I be able to seamlessly generate the map in the Windows map program and then copy/paste into my Office/Word program in the Mac OS? Is this correct?Īlso, if i use Parallels, am I actually partitioning the hard-drive? And if a partition is required in both options (Boot camp or Parallels), which one will require greater dedicated space for the partition? My work requires me to generate a map, and copy/paste into Word.įrom your description of how these two environments work, if I use Boot Camp I would have to load Office/Word into the Windows partitioned space in addition to the mapping program, so I could shift between the two programs without rebooting. On the other hand, my MBP has a separate video card and a fast I7 processor. As a mapping program it probably is graphically intensive, but don't believe this software is a super computer resource hog.

Thanks very much, this is very helpful! Unfortunately, the only topo mapping program I can find with the features I need runs on Windows.

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