(On this Page: 1. Web Resources for Origin, 2. Running Origin on a Mac)
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Decription
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O1 |
Home Page of OriginLab |
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O2 |
~70 tutorial videos on various aspects of Origin |
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O3 |
Help Page with Links to Manuals,Etc. |
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O4 |
OriginLab Wiki Site |
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O5 |
Running Origin on a Mac |
Origin only operates on Windows. However, Apple computers with Intel processors can run Windows, which can be accomplished two ways: (i) through the installation of a disk partition with BootCamp, (ii) through the use of virtualization software.
Using either BootCamp or a virtualization program then requires installation of Windows. As a UMass student, you may obtain Windows 7 or Windows XP to install on your computer. (An installation disk can be created by downloading Windows from OIT website: http://msdnaa.oit.umass.edu/)
BootCamp has one big advantage: it is free. But compared to the virtualization platforms, the exchange of files between Windows and the MacOS is not as convenient. The Apple Website has the documentation to guide the installation of a BootCamp partition. The latest version of BootCamp is 4, which is designed to work with Mac OS7 (Lion).
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URL
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Main BootCamp page at the Apple website |
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/ |
System requirements for running the Windows. The MacOS (Snow Leopard vs. Lion) dictates the version of BootCamp to use as well as the Windows operating system (XP vs. 7, 32- vs. 64-bit). |
Virtualization software is not free, but the installation is very straightforward, and MacOS and Windows applications can run simultaneously. Two leading brands of virtualization software are VMWare Fusion 4 ($50) and Parallels Desktop 7 ($80).