Disklavier

What a ridiculous suggestion, to have a Mac user buy a Windows machine.

Joan

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <thecarolb@...> wrote:
>
> Your best bet is to just buy a dedicated Windows
> machine to use for your Disklavier stuff.  A used
> laptop is just fine.  Even better is one that uses an
> older operating system such as Windows 98 SE or older.
> Windows XP with the NTSF format is pretty standard, but
> the older versions of XP that use the FAT 32 format is
> better.  Computers do different things, and the day of
> one for everything is over.
> 
> Carol Beigel
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jared Jenkins" <jaredj74@...>
> To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:56 PM
> Subject: [disklavier] Disklavier Mark III and Macintosh
> 
> 
> > My wife and I just purchased a DU1A and are having it
> delivered in
> > the coming week.  Yay!!!!!  We used the archives on
> this group to
> > help us decide to take the plunge.  Thank you for all
> the info you
> > have shared with this list.
> >
> > My question for the group is, does anyone have
> experience working
> > with a Macintosh computer and the Pianosoft files and
> MIDI files?  On
> > the Yamaha Pianosoft site it appears that you can
> only download disks
> > on a Windows machine.  Has anyone found a workaround
> for this (aside
> > from using a program like Parallels or Boot Camp to
> boot Windows XP
> > on a macintosh).  Also if I download MIDI files or
> the files from the
> > files section of the User Group can I just format a
> disk as Windows
> > format and save the files to a floppy disk on an
> external USB drive
> > and then use that disk in the piano?
> >
> > Any help on making files on the Mac work with the
> piano would be very
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jared
> >
> >
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