Gigacore
04-03-2008, 11:29 AM
REDMOND, Wash.--When Microsoft releases its WorldWide Telescope (http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9876901-56.html) this spring, the program will be a Windows-only download.
Much of the astronomical community, however, uses Macs and other Unix-based hardware. So, when principal developer Jonathan Fay shows off the program, he often uses a MacBook Pro. The telescope program itself, though, is running in Windows using the Mac's dual-boot Boot Camp software.
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20080303/TechFest_2008_-_WorldWide_Telescope_009_270x179.jpg
Other Mac users will have to use similar technology. The program can theoretically run using virtualization programs, such as VMware's Fusion or Parallels, but 3D applications often throw those programs for a loop.
More.... (http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9884948-56.html?tag=newsmap)
Much of the astronomical community, however, uses Macs and other Unix-based hardware. So, when principal developer Jonathan Fay shows off the program, he often uses a MacBook Pro. The telescope program itself, though, is running in Windows using the Mac's dual-boot Boot Camp software.
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20080303/TechFest_2008_-_WorldWide_Telescope_009_270x179.jpg
Other Mac users will have to use similar technology. The program can theoretically run using virtualization programs, such as VMware's Fusion or Parallels, but 3D applications often throw those programs for a loop.
More.... (http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9884948-56.html?tag=newsmap)