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<blockquote data-quote="SpiralDance" data-source="post: 1285306" data-attributes="member: 212221">Best solution for windows 7 to run Windows Adobe CS4Hi,I am thinking about transferring to an iMac and was wondering what the best solution would be to run some of my current Windows software, particularly Adobe CS4, MS Office Access DB and SPSS statistics software. Ideally I would like to run them in parallel, rather than via a separate boot, would that work OK, and is there a minimum memory configuration I should plan for to allow this, particularly for photoshop? Also, if you run Win 7 in parallel, how to you install antivirus software? Does it just get installed through the virtual windows window as you would on a windows machine, or are there any specific considerations?Finally, can programs running within windows access their internet help files through the virtual environment? Does that mean that the virtual windows needs its own browser too?Many thanks, and apologies if these are obvious questions!!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpiralDance, post: 1285306, member: 212221"] [b]Best solution for windows 7 to run Windows Adobe CS4[/b] Hi, I am thinking about transferring to an iMac and was wondering what the best solution would be to run some of my current Windows software, particularly Adobe CS4, MS Office Access DB and SPSS statistics software. Ideally I would like to run them in parallel, rather than via a separate boot, would that work OK, and is there a minimum memory configuration I should plan for to allow this, particularly for photoshop? Also, if you run Win 7 in parallel, how to you install antivirus software? Does it just get installed through the virtual windows window as you would on a windows machine, or are there any specific considerations? Finally, can programs running within windows access their internet help files through the virtual environment? Does that mean that the virtual windows needs its own browser too? Many thanks, and apologies if these are obvious questions!!! :-) [/QUOTE]

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