Vensim for Mac OS

[gyucel]

Will there be a Vensim version that works on Mac OS 10.5.x and higher? Or from now on being Intel chipped Mac users, are we supposed to use Virtual PC type of software to use Vensim? (or boot the computer with Windows and work with Vensim)

[bob@vensim.com]

While we do intend to get Vensim running native on OSX, implementation of this has run into a number of roadblocks.

In the meantime, there are a number of options for running Windows Apps - one of the cheapest and least intrusive is CrossOver, a WINE implementation - details at http://www.codeweavers.com - this works quite well except the fonts look a little funny and the clipboard is not fully available.

[henry]

I did indeed install Crossover. The issue is that I cannot seem to cut and paste to a Word-for-Mac document.

Any ideas?

[bob@vensim.com]

What some people do is open Word for Windows, paste to that, then save the file and open Word for the Mac to get the results - perhaps Open Office for Windows would also work for this purpose. Alternatively screen shots will get the same result with not quite as good quality. You might also print to a pdf then perhaps it would be possible to copy and paste from that.