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DOS on a MAC - best way?
Posted by: pipiens
Date: April 14, 2008 08:01AM
My wife has some legacy DOS programs that she keeps an old PC to run on. What is the best way to run them on her MAC ? Will Bootcamp work ?
I have no PC knowledge at all.
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Re: DOS on a MAC - best way?
Posted by: TheTominator
Date: April 14, 2008 08:14AM
'Paralells for Mac' or 'VMWare Fusion' are the easiest. The cost is around $60 for these. They run on Mac OS X 10.4 and let you install DOS or any OS that runs on a PC (you must provide DOS or other PC operating system). There are free OSes like FreeDOS that may run your programs.

Bootcamp would work only if your programs will run under Windows XP or Windows Vista. Bootcamp is a free solution for Mac OS X 10.5 but you have to provide your own copy of Windows XP or Vista (not free).
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Re: DOS on a MAC - best way?
Posted by: pipiens
Date: April 14, 2008 09:16AM
Thanks.
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Re: DOS on a MAC - best way?
Posted by: Forrest
Date: April 14, 2008 11:49AM
If best = free, then try [virtualbox.org] or [www.dosbox.com]
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