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I Was Totally Wrong About Crossover For Mac

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What is Crossover? It is a piece of software that allows you to run Windows only programs (like Metatrader) on a Mac. You are probably thinking that VMWare and Parallels do the same thing, right? I thought so too, but I was mistaken. If you trade on a Mac like I do, then find out what Crossover can do for you. I’ll give you a hint: it takes the weakest link out of the picture. [...]

How To Run MetaTrader On Mac

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Don’t think that you can run Metatrader on Mac? Think again. This demonstration video will show you how easy it is to run Metatrader as a window on your Mac. All of the benefits of the super stable OS X Mac operating system with the ability to run programs like Forex Tester 2 and Metatrader. [...]

Forex Trading on a Mac

For a long time, I was adamantly against buying a Mac because there were certain important programs that would only run on a PC.  Most of those programs were trading programs, of course.

I actually learned how to use a computer on an Apple IIe:

Later, I used to hang out at my friend’s house and play on his Macintosh Classic.  Apple was always ahead of their time in terms of user friendliness and advanced technology.  But they were never accepted by mainstream corporate America and thus never really got any traction.

Fast forward to the current day. Upon using my “Dell MacMini” and my girlfirend’s MacBook Pro, I have realized that Macs have finally gotten to the point where there is NO good reason not to buy one, even if you are a trader.

This is just my opinion of course, but if you love Macs, but don’t think you can trade on them, this post is for you.  I’m going to go through what you need to get up and trading on a Mac and never deal with a crappy Windows computer again.

Some programs just require Windows

It is a sad fact, but the majority of trading programs and broker trading platforms only work with Windows.  So what is a Mac-loving trader to do?  There are several solutions out there, but the program that I use and really like is VMWare Fusion.

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