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Mac Book Pro question

jdoleckijdolecki Posts: 726
edited 2012-01-28 17:09 in General Discussion
I'm looking at a Mac Book Pro and if I boot win7 on it does the propeller software work for programming the stamp and Propeller?

Since the laptop I want is 1200 I can get a MB pro and have both windows and apple for another 200 dollars?

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  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,245
    edited 2012-01-28 14:36
    Yes. You can dual boot the MacBook Pro into win7 and OSX. I took it one step further and purchased a copy of Parallels and run win7 in a VM for most tasks in windows. The Prop IDE and the Basic Stamp IDE both run fine that way.

    The only extra cost you have is a copy of Windows if you run it with BootCamp or add another $80 for Parallels and run it in a VM inside of OSX.

    I love my MBP!

    Paul
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2012-01-28 14:45
    Or save your money for something more useful than a Windows license and use the BST Propeller IDE which has a Mac version and has some useful extra features like optimizing code, removing unused methods from your programs and allowing conditional compilation.
    Or there is the PZST Propeller IDE which uses the same compiler engine as BST.
    These are much more convenient solutions than dual booting or virtual machines.
    No idea about Stamp tools on a Mac though. Anyone have suggestions?
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,245
    edited 2012-01-28 15:18
    @Heater - one potential drawback to BST at the moment is OSX.7 support. I think I read it's coming but right now BST does not run on 10.7x that I know of. Now having said that, jdolecki didn't say if it was a new machine or not. The new MBPs come with 10.7 as far as I know.

    Paul


    EDIT: I stand corrected. I was able to get my BST working with 10.7.2 by clearing the support files from my Library directory. Thanks Mike Green for pointing out my error.
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2012-01-28 16:01
    BST runs fine under Mac OSX 10.7.2, so you should be fine with any Mac. I also run the Propeller Tool, Stamp Editor, PropScope software, 12 Blocks, and other Stamp and Propeller development software using Parallels Desktop and Windows XP.
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,245
    edited 2012-01-28 17:04
    @Mike Green - apparently I haven't tried BST since last update. Thanks for bringing to my attention.
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,245
    edited 2012-01-28 17:09
    Still won't work for me.

    OK, apparently I have an issue with BST. I suppose I will have to start another thread as to not hijack this one.
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