Does BC run under Virtual PC on Macs? How well?

[fareed]

Does anybody run BC on a Mac? I'm a long-time user of BC on Windows systems and cannot find an application for Macs that provides FTP comparison functions like BC does.

[Chris]

BC isn't available on the Mac, although we're considering an OS X port for the future.

We haven't tested under Virtual PC for Mac, so I can't say how well it might run.

It *does* run on Virtual PC (that's how I use it), but it's a bit quirky. It works well enough that I keep using it (what else can do what Beyond Compare does?) but it crashes occasionally and runs slow (as does everything in VPC in my experience). I will be ecstatic and first in line to purchase if it ever appears native for Mac OS X!

[fareed]

It runs well on OS X with a VMWare application hosting Windows XP.

[Trager]

Yes, please. An OS X port would make my month. I'm in the process of migrating the last of my computers to Leopard, and I miss BC already. I have a copy of Parallels coming in soon, and I'll be seeing how BC works under Parallels, but I'd really prefer to have a native version.

[Chris]

For those of you looking for alternatives to Beyond Compare on the Mac, you might find the following discussion helpful:

http://echeng.com/journal/2006/11/23/i-want-beyond-compare-2-for-mac-os-x/