[Hidden-tech] Running Visio on Mac

[Ron Miller]

I'll second that Chris. Parallels has really improved with version 3.  
What I like about it particularly is that your Mac content now shows  
up as a network drive in Windows Explorer and your C drive shows up  
on your Mac desktop. Pretty slick on top of all the other integration  
they had already and it's only $79.

Ron


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On Sep 28, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Chris Hoogendyk wrote:

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> Greg Caulton wrote:
>> I need to open a Visio (.vsd) document on my Mac.
>> Does anyone have experience running CrossOverMac or similar  
>> solutions?
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> nope.
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> People here have been using Parallels. We have a MacBook Pro that  
> runs Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux, and Windows XP Pro. Allows pretty  
> seamless use of Windows applications if absolutely necessary.
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> However, . . .
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> You might not need to bother with Windows or Windows apps at all.  
> Have you taken a look at OmniGraffle? Should be on your Mac OS X  
> install already. If you like it, and it seems like it can do the  
> job, then OmniGraffle Pro will both import and export visio files.  
> You can also download a demo version or even get a demo license  
> that will allow full usage but expire after one day.
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> http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/pro/
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> See, e.g.: http://ask.metafilter.com/18239/Visio-equivalents-for-Mac
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