Re: st: STATA and Mac system

[Michael Hanson <mshanson@mac.com>]

StataCorp ships Stata 10 for Mac OS X, as well as Unix and Windows.   
Details are on the Stata web site:

<http://www.stata.com/products/macintosh.html>

If you already have a license for Stata on another platform (e.g.,  
Windows), it apparently is possible to "cross-grade" to the native  
Mac version for $25.  See this message from Kevin Crow  
(kcrow@stata.com):

<http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-02/msg00992.html>

Technically, it may be possible to run the Windows version of Stata  
under a virtualized Windows environment on a Mac (through the use of  
VMWare Fusion, Parallels Desktop, CrossOver Mac and/or Sun's xVM  
Virtual Box), but there may be issues with speed and compatibility,  
not to mention the loss of native Mac support -- for example, PDF  
output directly from Stata or interacting with external editors --  
and the hassles of maintaining a second operating system.

Since you are (or will be) new to the Mac, you might find the  
following websites helpful:

<http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/>
<http://www.macintouch.com/>
<http://db.tidbits.com/>
<http://www.macosxhints.com/>

Hope this helps.

					-- Mike

On Jul 6, 2008, at 5:25 PM, Ziad El-Khatib wrote:


> Hi, it might be software related question.
> I am thinking of changing my computer into Mac system, can STATA ver10
> operates on it or do I need to purchase special version for Mac then?
>
> Thank you and best regards
> ziad
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