Creative Memories StoryBook Creator Plus 3.0 sells for $64.95 and is AMAZING!!! You can create softcover (cardstock) scrapbooks in 7x5 and 8x8 sizes and hardcover scrapbooks in 8x8,11x8.5, and 12x12 sizes. You create it on your computer and then upload it to the Creative Memories Photo Center and they print it and ship it to you. So easy! It will work with a Mac...you just have to make sure you have the right things on your Mac. Here is some info that I pass out to my customers:
Macs and StoryBook Creator Plus
First...in order to even have the option to run CM's software on a MAC, the MAC needs to have an Intel Pentium processor installed. These began to come out sometime in summer of 2006.
To run PC programs on a MAC you need two things:
Virtual PC software in your MAC (this allows Windows to run)
Windows software (this allows CM's software to run)
For the virtual pc software, I know of three choices:
One, BOOTCAMP is from MAC and is now installed in new MACS. This program works by SHUTTING DOWN the MAC and opening it again in Windows mode. So...you choose between Windows and Mac each time you use that computer.
Second, there is Parrallels, and third, there is Fusion. Fusion seems to have the best track record and uses less RAM, so it allows the computer to be faster. The reason Fusion is better (to me) than Bootcamp is that you can have windows on your MAC screen. You can minimize it or make it full screen. No turning the computer off and on. When you are done in Windows, you can push a button and "suspend" it, so that the computer is not "thinking" about two operating systems at the same time and you have all the speed available in your RAM.
So, after you install Fusion, (it can be downloaded for $80 or bought from Amazon.com for $60) you then install Windows. If you already own a PC, you may own a Windows disc. If not, you need to also buy Windows. (About $180). Windows allows three installs, so you will be able to convert two more Macs to be Windows-compatible. You can go ahead and buy Microsoft Office, too, so that the PC side of your Mac has everything you would ever need. (That was another $149).
Below is the link to the Fusion website:
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
So...it does cost to convert. The most cost efficient method is to use the Bootcamp that is already inside a new MAC and install a Windows disc you already own. I am sure there will be some people in this situation, so it can be quite an affordable option!
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