Note: This is old information. The current line of Macs have tools available like BootCamp and CrossOver / Mac to do this. They promise, “a seamless integration experience.”
We don’t know how this would work because we have no reports of anyone using a Mac for this kind of work. If you have done it, please let us know how it worked out. With your permission, we will post your comments here.
The Macintosh version we used to have . . .
In case you are a Mac person, the software will run on a Mac under a program like SoftPc. There is no software that we recommend for the Mac at this time. The only other company that had one is phased it out. (their Mac version was based on hypercard, single user only, and very slow). They stopped work on it many years ago.
We used to have a Mac version that was both fast and multi-user. We ran into a variety of problems that were hard wired into the Mac. Last year we were at a convention and met some of Apple’s executives. These executives were in charge of getting developers to produce software for the Mac.
We explained the shortcomings that we had found in the Mac. The guys looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders, and said “too bad.” Their arrogance was insufferable. The last time a company had such arrogance, it was IBM.
We will concede that Windows still has a way to go to catch up with the Mac. But, the world is catching up. Apple seems content to sit on their laurels.
If you are a Mac person, try the demonstration disk.
If the price of our regular software is too high, use the shareware version. It can do quite a bit for free. You can import the data files through the Apple File Exchange. The data files are compatible with Macintosh word processors, spreadsheets, and database managers. If you would like us to mail you a free demonstration or shareware package, just let us know.