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Studio 2017 on Mac Book

Marie Priser

Hello,

 

I am planning on buying a Mac book but I would like to hear people experience with Studio 2017 on the same.

 

I know Boot Camp allows it (without virtual machine) but I would like to know if it's user friendly or not for non-tech person.

 

Thank you very much.

 

Marie Priser
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    Hi Marie,

    I'm using Trados Studio 2017 on a MacBook Pro 2016 and Windows 10 under Parallels 12.

    I understand that you don't want to use virtualisation but I can't understand why. With Boot Camp your Mac becomes a Windows machine and I don't see the value of it. With Boot Camp you either work under Windows 10 or macOS but not both. Virtualisation, on the other hand, is really cool and Parallels is really very easy to install and use. You install Parallels and then Windows. You don't have to be a Tech pro to do this. Today virtualisation solutions are no longer niche products for specialists and Paralels is really user friendly and fast. The advantages are you can copy and paste from Windows to Mac and vice versa. You use your Mac for everything except Studio and maybe a few other Windows programs. You can even use Studio as if it were a native Mac application. In this case you don't see anything from Windows. You can work as much as possible with macOS and related programs and benefit from the macOS advantages, e.g. using your browser under macOS. When something goes wrong, like installation of the Studio SR1, you can undo most problems by reloading the latest Snapshot or copy from Time Machine. The speed is a bit slower compared to a fast Windows machine but even though I do most projects on an external drive it is fast enough. If speed is your issue, Virtual Machines are not really slower compared to a native OS. This is because the processor is most of the time in idle mode anyway. You could even run two different Windows VMs and won't really experience speed problems.

    No matter if you use Parallels or Boot Camp your MacBook Pro should be 15" with at least 8GB (better 16GB) and 512GB or 1TB SSD. The 13" MacBooks have an inferiour CPU and graphics processor. Not much fun if you use a hires display, like the 27" 5K monitor. Would I want to go back to a Windows machine? I don't think so. I prefer the clean and uncluttered Mac environment, the excellent display and the MacBook is really nice to work with on the road. I use mainly macOS programs except Trados Studio. But without virtualisation I wouldn't use a Mac. Please clarify what makes you think virtualisation is not the right thing you?

    Cheers
    Claudia
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    Hi Marie,

    I'm using Trados Studio 2017 on a MacBook Pro 2016 and Windows 10 under Parallels 12.

    I understand that you don't want to use virtualisation but I can't understand why. With Boot Camp your Mac becomes a Windows machine and I don't see the value of it. With Boot Camp you either work under Windows 10 or macOS but not both. Virtualisation, on the other hand, is really cool and Parallels is really very easy to install and use. You install Parallels and then Windows. You don't have to be a Tech pro to do this. Today virtualisation solutions are no longer niche products for specialists and Paralels is really user friendly and fast. The advantages are you can copy and paste from Windows to Mac and vice versa. You use your Mac for everything except Studio and maybe a few other Windows programs. You can even use Studio as if it were a native Mac application. In this case you don't see anything from Windows. You can work as much as possible with macOS and related programs and benefit from the macOS advantages, e.g. using your browser under macOS. When something goes wrong, like installation of the Studio SR1, you can undo most problems by reloading the latest Snapshot or copy from Time Machine. The speed is a bit slower compared to a fast Windows machine but even though I do most projects on an external drive it is fast enough. If speed is your issue, Virtual Machines are not really slower compared to a native OS. This is because the processor is most of the time in idle mode anyway. You could even run two different Windows VMs and won't really experience speed problems.

    No matter if you use Parallels or Boot Camp your MacBook Pro should be 15" with at least 8GB (better 16GB) and 512GB or 1TB SSD. The 13" MacBooks have an inferiour CPU and graphics processor. Not much fun if you use a hires display, like the 27" 5K monitor. Would I want to go back to a Windows machine? I don't think so. I prefer the clean and uncluttered Mac environment, the excellent display and the MacBook is really nice to work with on the road. I use mainly macOS programs except Trados Studio. But without virtualisation I wouldn't use a Mac. Please clarify what makes you think virtualisation is not the right thing you?

    Cheers
    Claudia
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