MaxUpgrades has introduced the MaxConnect SAS/ SATA Link, designed to connect four internal disk drive bays of the Mac Pro to a PCI Express SAS or SATA Controller installed in any PCI Express.
For-mac Milesi Sash
I'm also a Mac User, and I can confirm that using Chrome or Firefox works perfectly well. I have a slight preference for Chrome as it includes the Flash plugin. So that I do not have to install it (and update it each time there is an issue). If you need a 'local' install of SAS. Well it depends, the way to go is through VMWare (I use VMWare Fusion 8) and run SAS in a VM.
I used Windows VMs (nice for the clients like Enterprise Guide) and CentOS Linux (nice if you want to simulate a server) VMs with great success. As usual having a lot a memory on your machine is a huge benefic when playing with VMs. Just a work a caution if you use a Windows VM and you have a Retina display, the scaling of the user interface can be wierd and you might have to toggle off the 'use retina high resolution' option in the display settings of your VM.
Hope that helps, Michel. Hi, I am not sure about your specific issue. I understand your issue is while working SAS Studio on Safari.
If that is the case, I understand, but then you can use Chrome (the most compatible webbrowser) and problem solved, as suggested. In other hand, if your problem is on the SAS installation side, then you are right, it is not supported, only if you run a virtual machine, but this is a very easy process. I will drop a couple of links here, to check if they are aligned with what you need. Otherwise, please let your SAS representative know, that would be the best approach. I'm also a Mac User, and I can confirm that using Chrome or Firefox works perfectly well. I have a slight preference for Chrome as it includes the Flash plugin. So that I do not have to install it (and update it each time there is an issue).
For-mac Milesi Saskatchewan
If you need a 'local' install of SAS. Well it depends, the way to go is through VMWare (I use VMWare Fusion 8) and run SAS in a VM. I used Windows VMs (nice for the clients like Enterprise Guide) and CentOS Linux (nice if you want to simulate a server) VMs with great success. As usual having a lot a memory on your machine is a huge benefic when playing with VMs. Just a work a caution if you use a Windows VM and you have a Retina display, the scaling of the user interface can be wierd and you might have to toggle off the 'use retina high resolution' option in the display settings of your VM.
Hope that helps, Michel. The license your school offers will be a better solution. It will likely have SAS/GRAPH, ETS and a different interface. For example, one area where SAS UE is weak is on the SAS/ETS module.
Not all the time series procs are included. SAS Studio is what's used in UE and your University will likely offer the course in SAS Base or EG. If it's Base it'll be fine but EG is significantly different. The ideal situation would be to pay the $50 and get the SAS version. You'll also have to pay for a Windows License for the Virtual Machine to run SAS. Hopefully your University should have good offers from Microsoft because the $249 for a Windows license is high, SAS requires Windows Pro the last time I checked.
For-mac Milesi Saskatoon
VMWare would then be about $40 which means you're looking at 3-400. At that point you may as well buy a Windows computer.