Mac Solutions?

Former Member
Former Member $organization

Hi everyone,

One of my consortium members at Yale is running a Mac shop, and we are looking for feedback on pros and cons of various products to allow us to run windows on the Macs.  We are using parallels right now, but we're having some issues with copying/pasting, printing and general performance.  Is anyone out there using Fusion or VirtualBox, or anything else?

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Thanks so much!

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  • I’ve never really had any troubles with Parallels; however, I just use a terminal services connection for Tessitura on my Mac. Have you explored this option? Before we got a direct connection here at First Stage most of our employees used the terminal connection... But since I am merely an amateur IT wonk I can’t speak to the specifics on server load, etc.

    -p.

    Patrick Schley
    Special Projects Coordinator – Assistant Academy Headmaster
    FIRST STAGE Children’s Theater | In-School Education | Theater Academy

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    From: Mara Hazzard <bounce-marahazzard4013@tessituranetwork.com>
    Reply-To: Tessitura Technical Forum <forums-technical@tessituranetwork.com>
    Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:45:17 -0500
    To: Patrick Schley <pschley@firststage.org>
    Subject: [Tessitura Technical Forum] Mac Solutions?

    Hi everyone,

    One of my consortium members at Yale is running a Mac shop, and we are looking for feedback on pros and cons of various products to allow us to run windows on the Macs.  We are using parallels right now, but we're having some issues with copying/pasting, printing and general performance.  Is anyone out there using Fusion or VirtualBox, or anything else?

    I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

    Thanks so much!




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  • I’ve never really had any troubles with Parallels; however, I just use a terminal services connection for Tessitura on my Mac. Have you explored this option? Before we got a direct connection here at First Stage most of our employees used the terminal connection... But since I am merely an amateur IT wonk I can’t speak to the specifics on server load, etc.

    -p.

    Patrick Schley
    Special Projects Coordinator – Assistant Academy Headmaster
    FIRST STAGE Children’s Theater | In-School Education | Theater Academy

    Main 414.267.2929
    Direct 414.267.2973
    Fax 414.267.2976

    Milwaukee Youth Arts Center
    325 W. Walnut St.
    Milwaukee, WI 53212
    www.firststage.org

    2009-2010 season tickets on sale now!
    Highlights include JUNIE B. JONES AND A LITTLE MONKEY BUSINESS, THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, and THE WIZ!
    Visit www.firststage.org to create your custom season package today!



    From: Mara Hazzard <bounce-marahazzard4013@tessituranetwork.com>
    Reply-To: Tessitura Technical Forum <forums-technical@tessituranetwork.com>
    Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:45:17 -0500
    To: Patrick Schley <pschley@firststage.org>
    Subject: [Tessitura Technical Forum] Mac Solutions?

    Hi everyone,

    One of my consortium members at Yale is running a Mac shop, and we are looking for feedback on pros and cons of various products to allow us to run windows on the Macs.  We are using parallels right now, but we're having some issues with copying/pasting, printing and general performance.  Is anyone out there using Fusion or VirtualBox, or anything else?

    I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

    Thanks so much!




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  • Former Member
    Former Member $organization in reply to Patrick Schley (Past Staff Member)

    Hi Patrick,

    Yes, we're on RAMP, actually, which I neglected to mention in my original post.  So we are connecting to Tessitura remotely already. Thanks for your thoughts!

    Mara

  • Microsoft’s RDC for Mac (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx) works really well for Terminal Services connections. It connects one local printer and all local drives to the remote machine.

    -p.

    Patrick Schley
    Special Projects Coordinator – Assistant Academy Headmaster
    FIRST STAGE Children’s Theater | In-School Education | Theater Academy

    Main 414.267.2929
    Direct 414.267.2973
    Fax 414.267.2976

    Milwaukee Youth Arts Center
    325 W. Walnut St.
    Milwaukee, WI 53212
    www.firststage.org

    2009-2010 season tickets on sale now!
    Highlights include JUNIE B. JONES AND A LITTLE MONKEY BUSINESS, THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, and THE WIZ!
    Visit www.firststage.org to create your custom season package today!



    From: Mara Hazzard <bounce-marahazzard4013@tessituranetwork.com>
    Reply-To: Tessitura Technical Forum <forums-technical@tessituranetwork.com>
    Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:10:19 -0500
    To: Patrick Schley <pschley@firststage.org>
    Subject: Re: [Tessitura Technical Forum] Mac Solutions?

    Hi Patrick,

    Yes, we're on RAMP, actually, which I neglected to mention in my original post.  So we are connecting to Tessitura remotely already. Thanks for your thoughts!

    Mara

    From: Patrick Schley <bounce-patrickschley1590@tessituranetwork.com>
    Sent: 6/30/2009 3:02:23 PM
    I’ve never really had any troubles with Parallels; however, I just use a terminal services connection for Tessitura on my Mac. Have you explored this option? Before we got a direct connection here at First Stage most of our employees used the terminal connection... But since I am merely an amateur IT wonk I can’t speak to the specifics on server load, etc.

    -p.

    Patrick Schley
    Special Projects Coordinator – Assistant Academy Headmaster
    FIRST STAGE Children’s Theater | In-School Education | Theater Academy

    Main 414.267.2929
    Direct 414.267.2973
    Fax 414.267.2976

    Milwaukee Youth Arts Center
    325 W. Walnut St.
    Milwaukee, WI 53212
    www.firststage.org

    2009-2010 season tickets on sale now!
    Highlights include JUNIE B. JONES AND A LITTLE MONKEY BUSINESS, THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, and THE WIZ!
    Visit www.firststage.org to create your custom season package today!



    From: Mara Hazzard <bounce-marahazzard4013@tessituranetwork.com>
    Reply-To: Tessitura Technical Forum <forums-technical@tessituranetwork.com>
    Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:45:17 -0500
    To: Patrick Schley <pschley@firststage.org>
    Subject: [Tessitura Technical Forum] Mac Solutions?

    Hi everyone,

    One of my consortium members at Yale is running a Mac shop, and we are looking for feedback on pros and cons of various products to allow us to run windows on the Macs.  We are using parallels right now, but we're having some issues with copying/pasting, printing and general performance.  Is anyone out there using Fusion or VirtualBox, or anything else?

    I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

    Thanks so much!




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