garyaj

I bought an MZ-NH700 last year because I wanted to record my choir's live performances and the NH700 was real cheap. It just never occurred to me that Sony wouldn't make a Mac version of Sonic Stage (nor did it occur to me they would attempt to add DRM to my own live recordings). I've used a MacBook almost from when they became available. I use it at work and at home and the thought of having to have a separate computer just to extract recordings from my MD seemed absurd (but there doesn't seem to be limits to Sony's stupidity). Almost simultaneously, a couple of months ago, Apple and Parallels announced two different ways to allow Windows to run on a MacBook. The Apple method, using (free) Boot Camp requires me to set aside a (min. 5GB) Windows partition on my hard disk for WinXP and then shutdown Mac OS X and restart the machine in WinXP every time I want to extract tracks from my MD. Thankfully I don't make lots of recordings and it was bearable but annoying. The Parallels approach allows me to start up WinXP inside MacOS X. It's just another window on the desktop and is much more usable. The problem was that Parallels simply refused to recognise the MD. I was able to plug in other USB devices but not the MD. Yesterday Parallels released a version (1884) which *does* support the NH700. I have a CD of the tracks I extracted in my hand to prove it. So in reply to the original question, if you are a Mac addict like me and you live on your MacBook, then the USS$79.99 for Parallels plus the AUD$149 (~USD$115) for the NH700 is worth it.