FMP 6 and Intel-based hardware

[MKS]

I have to run a legacy application under FMP6.

(Yes, I know!)

It's running on 10.4.11

The machine (that runs 6 and 10.4.11) will soon be upgraded to Intel (a Mac Pro). Assuming it's running Intel, is FMP 6 supported on that platform - or is it entirely OS-dependent?

Thanks!

[Reed]

I've run v6 a little bit on my macbook, and it seems to work for some basic stuff, but I've not tested it thoroughly. It's not officially supported, and runs in rosetta, so the performance and memory usage might not be the best. But with a mac pro you should be fine...

Have you tried to convert the files to fp7 to see what breaks in your app? Sometimes things will run with minimal changes.

[Søren Dyhr]

A way to prevent Rosetta which is step translation - is run a virtual environment with say windows, your install disk should have both mac and pc versions! The cheapest virtualization tool is likely to be this:

http://www.virtualbox.org/

...which is free for indie use, but optaining a for the solution contemporary OS to run it on could be tricky - perhaps trying your luck at a car boot sale, or here:

http://store.purplus.net/windowsxp.html

If the use is going to permanent will you be grateful for the efforts you do to trim the performance of the guest OS via:

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

--sd

[Fitch]

One other tidbit you should know.

[MKS]

Thanks so much for those quick and helpful replies!

Unfortunately conversion is not an option: the app. in question relies on a handful of old plugins/extensions, none of which works outside the environment we have.

Your advice, though, is most useful -)