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Jason Bryant
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So I am looking at buying a new 21" iMac and want to know if it will run my Signlab v9 along with my old cm24 cutter?

I had my laptop stolen and think this may be a good time to switch?

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beyond software compatibility, you would also want to make sure the Mac has right connectors.

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Like Russ said. Signlab won't run on the MacOs so you will have to get Parallels and run windows through that. I don't know but I imagine your Roland doesn't have a USB port so you'll have to mess with some sort of converter for that.
If you truly want to go this direction you would be better off purchasing Illustrator and a Graphtec plotter which runs off it's own Illustrator plug in.

It's always a good time to switch though. [Roll Eyes]

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Keyspan Adapter for USB to serial connection works on all my Macs and Vinyl Express plotters. Software compatibility is another issue.

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Thanks I will keep thinking if it is worth the switch.

I may even try another software and not repurchase signlab if something else will work better/easier?

If I can get my plotter working on a mac I may do that, my wife has a new MBP coming so i may try on that first.

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These should work, assuming your Roland has 25 pin serial port:

http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Serial-Printer-Plotter-Cable/dp/B00004Z5I8/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1317216203&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Keyspan-USA-19HS-Hi-Speed-supports-Sequence/dp/B0000VYJRY

http://www.signcutpro.com/

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I would recommend trying VMware Fusion to run Windows. So far on my MacBook Pro it handles everything well. Easy to go back and forth to Windows 7.

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