running macros in excel on parralels for mac

Running Ros In Excel On Parralels Mac Vs Buying

Do you have any tips on getting started with Parallels, or common pitfalls youve experienced Or is it all very straightforward Continue this thread level 1 2 points 5 years ago They have launched Office 2016 for the mac.

Running Ros In Excel On Parralels Mac Vs Buying

Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log in sign up User account menu 4 Advice needed Using Parallels to run Windows Excel on a Mac vs buying a cheap ultrabook.

I vastly prefer the general user experience on a mac, but love Excel and desperately want to use the 2013 Windows version rather than the Mac version.

Im debating either running Parallels on my macbook so that I can run Excel 2013 from that machine, or just purchasing a new Asus Zenbook.

What do folks think A few thoughts I had, in no particular order: Zenbook is only about 700, and has great performance.

Im not sure how much Parallels Windows for the macbook would run me, but it is probably much less.

I worry that, even if I get Parallels for my macbook, the experience wont really feel like Windows Excel because of the differences in keysshortcuts (command for instance).

Does anyone who vastly prefers Windows Excel have experience running it with Parallels I would prefer not to buy a new machine, but really dont want to end up with a suboptimal Excel experience (and I can definitely afford the Zenbook).

Thanks in advance for your help 9 comments share save hide report 75 Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Sort by top (suggested) level 1 188 4 points 5 years ago Sorry Im not answering to the choices youve presented BUT.

At first Mac Excel seemed a little weird but I got used to it quickly and now I flow between both seamlessly.

If you havent put much effort into Mac Excel (not saying you havent) I would absolutely give it a chance.

An answer to the options you presented: I am not qualified to give you a technical answer BUT.

I am leery about running anything on any system that wasnt made for that system, therefor I would get the Zenbook(IF I absolutely had to have the Windows version).

Like I said, I use both Windows and Mac versions and I like both and I find it quite easy to flow between the two.

I have used Excel for mac (2011) quite a bit, and really do not like it.

A few gripes are: Processing speed is much slower on Excel for mac.

Spreadsheets above 50,000 rows with complex formulas REALLY drag.

I could re-learn all of them, yes, but the Windows shortcuts are really the standard, and I hate using the mouse.

No pivot charts level 1 7 3 points 5 years ago Ive been a mixed windows and Mac user for a long time.

In 07 I was in a grad school program for logistics and supply chain that included a big chunk of analytics model building and some systems development work.

I had a core 2 dup MBP 15, it wasnt the latest and greatest machine in 2007 but it worked quite well.

Other than the obvious problem between the actual key locations it was seamless windows Excel experience.

I even got into running MS SQL Express and MS IIS in the parallels environment to serve applications to both the Windows and Mac environment.

I cant speak to raw processing power in excel, most of my heavy lifting was data analytics through MS Access or SQL Express in Windows or MATLAB native on Mac OSX, level 2 1 point 5 years ago Thanks for the input It is greatly appreciated.

Running Macros In Excel On Parralels For Mac