Yo Bob,
Many thanks; what you wrote is a big help indeed. Now I'm ready to
plunge in.
Regards,
Dave B
(Excel MVP, 1999-2004)
In article <C44AAEA3.3AA71%onlygeneraltaz1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
CyberTaz <onlygeneraltaz1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi David -
>
> I haven't used Parallels, but on my G5 I have 2 VMs in Virtual PC 7,
both
> running Win XP Pro (one with Office 2003, one with Office 2007). One
> occupies ~8 GB the other ~13 GB, plus ~50 MB for the application.
>
> On my Intel MBP I run VMWare Fusion with Vista Ultimate & Office 2007.
The
> app occupies ~131 MB and the VM ~16 GB.
>
> I would expect similar requirements for Parallels.
>
> HTH |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
>
>
> On 5/9/08 11:11 PM, in article
> I.am-31D582.20113909052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"David J. Braden"
> <I.am@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I still need VBA, and the fact that functionally, the Win version of
> > Excel has been functionally ahead of the Mac version since Excel v.5,
> > leads me to getting ready to install WinXP and as little of Office as
I
> > can to get full Excel 2007 functionality. I will be doing this with
> > Parallels (thanks to Jim Gordon for the 'heads up'), keeping as sparse
> > of an XP/Office setup as possible (no games, etc.) for hard-core use
on
> > a Powerbook.
> >
> > Can someone plz give me a rough idea of how many Gigabytes this will
> > require?
> >
> > Many thanks, and greetings to you old-timers - you know who you are
<vbg>
> >
> > Dave Braden
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