Contents Shri Jyoti Star 6 Consultations

Whatever type of Mac you have you can run Shri Jyoti Star as long as you are running Windows. How you do this depends on which type of Mac you have.

New 'Intel' Mac

You have three choices.

1. The recommended option is to use software from Parallels or VMWare Fusion (both likely cheaper on Amazon) which then allows you to install MS Windows so it can run in a window while you do other things on your Mac. These companies have made the process as easy as possible. A handy guide to using Parallels is here. This guide refers to Windows 7 but installing XP and Vista is much the same. A new copy of Windows XP or Vista Home starts at around $100 on Amazon.com (if this link is not working search on Windows 7, Vista or XP on Amazon.com).

2. You can also install Windows on your Mac using Apple's Boot Camp which is provided in OS X Leopard. A tutorial on how to do this is here.

Note: I have not checked the accuracy of all the information on the links provided but it looks good.

3. Crossover is a low-cost prodcut that lets some Windows software run on your Mac without Windows. It can be trailed for free. The latest update of Shri Jyoti Star 6 is not compatible but a very recent version that is nearly identical is and is available for download. The startup, etc. does not look like the latest Windows interface but it works! The built in Help is not fully supported but that is available online through one of our web sites.

Crossover may work on Linux but we have not checked this.

Old 'PowerPC' Mac

These Macs need a product called Virtual PC 7 which is available from Amazon. You will need a copy of Windows also.