smart act! consultant friend, jeremy wesley of RTG Hosting, presented on the topic at our Mastering ACT! 2010 conference in october revealing how moving to a mac doesn’t mean losing either your windows applications, nor the full functionality of act! 2010.
jeremy showcased two options and i added a third:
- VMware has an application for mac, VM Fusion, that allows mac users to keep a virtual window (XP, Vista, or Win7) for every windows application you need. act! can integrate with other windows apps (like outlook and excel) as well as addon applications.
- set the database server up with ACT! Premium for Web and access the database with apple’s Safari browser. (sidenote: sadly safari 4 is not supported by act! for web. !clang! half-point deduction.)
- access your windows server with the OS-agnostic remote tool by 2x application server.
the move to mac is a recent phenomenon and many of these solutions are yet to be widely adopted. according to Nielsen/NetRatings only 5% of computers sold are macs, but 8.7% of those browsing the internet are using a mac. and the share is increasing.
are you using a mac, or are you considering making the change? how do you see yourself using act! in this new environment?
::: follow jeremy’s wisdom on his blog: http://www.jeremywesley.com/journal/2009/10/10/apples-act-mav-2010-presentation.html
::: check out VM Fusion here: http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
::: ignore the ACT! by Sage product team announcement about Safari 4.0
::: look at the 2x thin client technologies application server: http://www.2x.com/applicationserver/. actaddons.com has the product page up and will have all purchase options available soon: http://www.actaddons.com/products/2005/2x-applicationserver.asp
::: as always, you can find the best service and prices for act! addons at the addon store for act!: www.actaddons.com
