Bernina software on a Mac

There’s lots and lots of folks out there happily using a Mac instead of a Windows computer with their Bernina machines and software.

There’s even a very helpful group on Google with plenty of knowledgeable folks to help you get started.  But before I made the switch, one of the things I wanted to know and couldn’t find anywhere was… what does it look like?

Most of us customize our desktops just like we do our sewing rooms.  We have a place for everything and we become comfortable with the arrangement.

Here’s a picture of my iMac with the Bernina embroidery software running.  I use VMWare’s Fusion as my virtual machine, running Windows Vista.  I like to run it in “Unity” mode, with my Windows task bar at the bottom of the screen, and my Mac Dock (the equivalent of the windows task bar) over on the left.

It’s incredibly easy, and switching between the two is seamless.  Both operating systems can open applications from each other.  Anytime I click on a web link or email link etc, while working in Windows, it opens Safari or Mac Mail on OS X.

It goes without saying that it runs beautifully, or I wouldn’t be using this setup!