Scott,
 
I have the latest VMWare and Sonar X2, but Win7. Did you say it it requires Win8? Hopefully not.
 
Thanks, John

This is REALLY impressive,I'm thinking about a Haswell macmini,when they get released,with the usual markup[of course] just for living in oz. :/

I don't know Brian, but I'm going to try one when the MacBookPro comes out with the new Haswell processor.  The Apple hardware is rock solid and well designed.  I only hear good things.  And yeah the new Mac Pro?  Looks incredible.  And now that you can run Windows programs on a Mac you can have the best of both worlds on the same system.  And Logic Pro at $200?

brconflict
....I just wish Apple would allow me to put the menu bar on all screens, instead of only the primary monitor.

Apples new OS "Maverik" lets you put the menu bar on all screens.
 
Walt

I'm just curious as to why people (not just here but in all aspects of computing) are working to basically turn a MAC into a PC.
I like MAC's and as the OP stated I don't want to turn this into a MAC/PC thing. They both have their good and not so good points.
It just seems strange to spend that kind of money for a MAC just to make it a PC.
Why not use that money to build or purchase a a quality PC in the first place?
 
I'm guessing that it's more of a 'I don't like Windows' OS thing. Not an 'Apple product is built better' thing.
 
And with this app it's possible to run Native AND TDM plugs?
Forgive me if there are silly questions but I'm thinking it's a MAC so you should be able to use your TDM plugs if you own them.
But since you're basically turning it into a Windows PC Will TDM users need to purchase all new plugs?
 
I'm so confused lol.
 
Mike 

u cant use pc software on osx mac
and mac with windows is windows pc

JimmyJimJames
Cakewalk.com - The World's Best Software For Recording And Making Music On PC And Mac
 
Is this a new development or what?

Nope, it's always been the best.

cfcook76
Has anyone tried X3 on a Mac Pro?  

Not yet, but I hope to have it installed on mine by this time next week... ;-)
 
I've got 8.5.3/X1d/X2a running just fine on it via Bootcamp to win7 Pro
 
I don't expect any problems installing X3 here at all...
 
Keni
 

Update - I bought a MacBook Pro retina and I love it.  I installed vmware Fusion6 with both win7 and win8. I didn't install Bootcamp yet. I've installed Sonar X3 and all my plugins into Fusion6 win7.  I copied over all my Sonar projects.  Here is the progress so far:
 
Plugins:  The only plugin that doesn't work is East West Play (tried both 3 and 4) - they both crash Sonar.  All my other plugins work fine.  Trilian, Superior, PodFarm2.5, Ozone4, Dimension and all the Sonar plugins seem to work perfectly.
 
Latency:  I'm experiencing poor latency when using a midi keyboard to trigger a soft synth.  I installed ASIO4ALL to help, but no improvement.  Probably about 60ms latency despite reported buffer size.
 
Audio Devices:  The internal MacBook Pro audio works fine (the speakers in the MBP are better than any laptop speakers I've ever heard)  PODX3 doesn't work at all - just a bunch of noise.  Unfortunately I really need Line6 audio devices (PODX3 and UX2) to work.
 
Summary:  3 big issues to overcome:  1-Play doesn't work, 2-PODX3 doesn't work, 3-Latency.
 
I will try Boot camp - hopefully this will give me better results.
 
ps - I've been trying out Logic.  Pretty cool software.  Although some weird stuff to get used to coming from Sonar.  I really want to be able to run Sonar on this mac.   
 
Would be the coolest to get Sonar working as a Wineskin app.  I hope Scott is successful.

Brad, would you be so kind as to highlight your work flow for running Sonar in Parallels and pulling old projects into Logic?  You can't just copy/paste per se can you?  I've got Sonar on Parallels myself (but obviously no pro audio interface support), and would like to do the same.  Thanks!
 

Hey All,
I'm really hoping this concept,and thread stays alive,Iv'e only used computers since my join date,but after buying my mother anew dell inspiron,that was "only available" with W8....I absolutely hate W8[even with "classic shell"],I'm now looking to buy a W7 disc for it,as the metro interfAce "without" a touch screen for an 80 year old woman whom,although is still very sharp,has been next to impossible to teach.... a total disaster,of what was mean't to be a decent gift!
 
Anyway I mostly work on my XPS L502x laptop,but it's already getting very tired and lately even with a nice sounding VS-100 interface,the laptop just doesn't have the juice[i7 2630qm] to run the ASIO buffer at any less than maximum,so the "bad latency" with guitartrek is having is not enticing for my "mac mini" Haswell idea,and obviously I'm wanting to run Sonar X1,X2 and 3[own them all],I do have a desktop thats great[sig.] but it only fits in one end of the house,and it's stinking hot ATM[summer here-that part of the house has no insulation],and is more of an average single car garage turned into a spare room,also I like to work in my bed room,the thing is Iv'e always really wanted a mac,and with "Keni's" good fortune,it's certainly seems enticing.
 
As per usual the start price for the i5 mac mini in Oz is $749,as opposed to $599,like the US,anyway I do hope to read of more successes on this thread,while what I really should be doing is remodelling my tiny bedroom,to bring the still fairly powerfull overclocked 2600K in here,and spend the supposed mac money,on far far better monitoring.[I surely need it!]
 
It really just seems sensible to use one machine you can use BOTH OS's on,and apparently my 26k desktop has the correct ingredients for a Sandy Bridge Era"Tony Mac" Hackintosh-motherboard/videocard and all,but OSX discs in OZ,are like chickens with fangs!
They DON'T seem to EXIST!
 
Keep up the good work Scott
Sincerely
Bob

I like the Keith Richards version best.

Yeah Keef!