<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Alex,</div><div><br></div><div>I agree with Andre. I have a similar setup: MacBook Pro, 2.53 GHz, 8GB RAM, etc. I have tried both VMWare Fusion and Parallels. VMWare Fusion works best for me.</div><div><br>Keith</div><div><br>On Feb 7, 2012, at 7:58 PM, A Duurvoort <<a href="mailto:aduurvoort@gmail.com">aduurvoort@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>My current setup: MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel, 8GB RAM. VMWare Fusion, Windows 7 x86. Runs AutoCad 2010, eQuest, coil/fan selection, and Google sketchup (trying to learn the EnergyPlus plugin! NOT EASY, is there a forum for that??)</div>
<div><br></div>Cheapest way I have found is to use a bootcamp partition to run Windows XP 32-bit. XP Pro is my favorite windows flavor, but Windows 7 (x86) will work fine also to run eQuest.<div><div><br><div>If you have some cash, VMWare Fusion works great, better and faster than the other VM programs I've tried. It can even run your existing bootcamp partition without a reboot. using 32-bit OS seems to play better with eQuest. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Andre<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Alex Blue <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ablue@sustainable-solutions.ca">ablue@sustainable-solutions.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Mac nerds and/or developers: <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m trying to get eQuest to run on my MacBook Pro. I know I could shell out some cash for Windows and run bootcamp or a virtual desktop, but first I’d like to exhaust my free option: Wine.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone been able to get eQuest running through Wine? I can get it to take me through the wizards, then I get the BDL loading screen, then... nothing. No pretty graphical detailed UI. Suggestions? <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: I’m actually using WineSkin, but did do the basic Wine install and am willing and able to go through there if it works.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I appreciate any help you can give me.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Alex<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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