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MAC PRO Gurus: Need to Boot Camp, Do I buy 32 bit or 64 bit
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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1484148" data-attributes="member: 145676"><p>Grab Mactracker from the App Store - easiest way to tell what you computer supports.</p><p></p><p> 1 - According to Mactracker the early 2009 is 64 bit - so you can run 64 bit on Windows as well. I would check and make sure your CAD/CAM software supports 64 bit - I know CAD/CAM tends to lag in that respect.</p><p></p><p>2 - I've heard of compatibility issues as well - but I personally haven't run into any hardware compatibility issues. That being said I don't have my own specialty devices like a CNC so I don't know how well that will work. Most typical USB peripherals work fine with virtual machines. I have an ODB-II programmer that has a USB connection to download programs and that works - that is the most exotic thing I hook to my VM.</p><p></p><p>3 - See my comment in 1 - you'll have to verify what your CAD/CAM works on - and as I said most CAD/CAM lags and doesn't work on 64 bit but that is changing.</p><p></p><p>Here is the RAM install instructions and how to find out what you actually have (or use Mactracker)</p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4433" target="_blank">Mac Pro: How to remove or install memory</a></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mactracker/id430255202?mt=12" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mactracker/id430255202?mt=12</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1484148, member: 145676"] Grab Mactracker from the App Store - easiest way to tell what you computer supports. 1 - According to Mactracker the early 2009 is 64 bit - so you can run 64 bit on Windows as well. I would check and make sure your CAD/CAM software supports 64 bit - I know CAD/CAM tends to lag in that respect. 2 - I've heard of compatibility issues as well - but I personally haven't run into any hardware compatibility issues. That being said I don't have my own specialty devices like a CNC so I don't know how well that will work. Most typical USB peripherals work fine with virtual machines. I have an ODB-II programmer that has a USB connection to download programs and that works - that is the most exotic thing I hook to my VM. 3 - See my comment in 1 - you'll have to verify what your CAD/CAM works on - and as I said most CAD/CAM lags and doesn't work on 64 bit but that is changing. Here is the RAM install instructions and how to find out what you actually have (or use Mactracker) [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4433]Mac Pro: How to remove or install memory[/url] [url]https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mactracker/id430255202?mt=12[/url] [/QUOTE]
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