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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>V8i compatibility with Parallels on Mac</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/104834/v8i-compatibility-with-parallels-on-mac</link><description>I just downloaded a new version of MicroStation, 08.11.09.459 on my iMac, partitioned using Parallels / Windows 7. I had no issues with MicroStation 2004, but when I try to open a drawing file &amp;quot;Sample&amp;quot;, Window crashes. Is there an issue I&amp;#39;m not familiar</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: V8i compatibility with Parallels on Mac</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/315329?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:22:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f078f19c-5b6f-4b0b-87a3-18feba94cc9b</guid><dc:creator>Marco Salino</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; MicroStation is only supported on native Windows OS and not on virtual machines (besides citrix environments, which are quite a different story) such as Parallel and VMWare Fusion on MacOS. The only safe way to use MicroStation on a Mac is via dual boot configuration using BootCamp.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not supported means that the configuration has not been tested/certified and hence not suitable for production and we cannot guarantee its functionality nor support it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The reason why the latest versions can fail on VMs is that they depend a lore more on hardware acceleration than the old 8.5 versions and a virtual machine may not be able to satisfy MicroStation minimum hardware requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: V8i compatibility with Parallels on Mac</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/315127?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:49:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7d8e7db-ab2a-439a-887f-4bebf28ced75</guid><dc:creator>Jon Summers</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Jim Hille&amp;quot;]MicroStation 2004 has run for years without problems on my iMac[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MicroStation up to 2004 Edition (V8.5) uses the OpenGL graphic subsystem.&amp;nbsp; MicroStation V8&lt;em&gt;i&lt;/em&gt; uses Microsoft DirectX.&amp;nbsp; An environment that hosts MicroStation V8&lt;em&gt;i&lt;/em&gt; must provide DirectX.&amp;nbsp; Visit web sites that deal with the Mac and Parallels and DirectX to see more detail.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: V8i compatibility with Parallels on Mac</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/315122?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:44:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ef4809a2-244c-42bb-b76f-a7863aae99cb</guid><dc:creator>hilldog</dc:creator><description>Is &amp;#39;not supported&amp;#39; equate to &amp;#39;it will not run&amp;#39;?, or, not supported by MicroStation?  (MicroStation 2004 has run for years without problems on my iMac.)  Is there a more suitable software than Parallels?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: V8i compatibility with Parallels on Mac</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/315094?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:56:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:66651581-9e3b-400d-8494-4ed4c46f2f52</guid><dc:creator>Tim Hickman</dc:creator><description>not supported&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: V8i compatibility with Parallels on Mac</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/315039?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 03:42:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e864e6cc-94ec-4740-abcf-2f1ff8e840fd</guid><dc:creator>Lorys</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;it should work like any other windows 7 compat software.. if your really running windows 7 with latest Internet explorer &amp;nbsp;should be fine..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can you try windows XP see if works with that...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can you run ms office in your windows 7 partition emulation..&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>