Skip to content
HearingTracker
Log in

Using windows on a macbook pro (Intel) to program with Compass 4.4

This topic is closed.

9 replies879 viewsLast reply

Link to this topic

Anyone had any success running compass on a MBP with windows? I already have the MBP, so putting windows on it would make it more cost effective, but not sure if there are limitations?

3 people in this conversation2 min readJump to latest
Edited

I believe that you can run Windows (under emulation, Parallels/Boot Camp etc). The newer non-Intel/ARM processors would still cause a problem because there is no driver for (Noahlink Wireless hearing aid programming device) for ARM processors.

But if your MacBook Pro has an Intel processor instead of M1/M2/ARM-processor I think that you are okay for running Windows under emulation, And having a driver for Noahlink Wireless.

Though, I don’t use Apple/Macs. So there’s that.

Reference;

Noahlink on a Mac using Windows emulating with Paralles
Thanks for that. I thought I would restate the problem for Apple computer users. So I looked up the Apple M1 and M2 processors. Both are ARM architecture! So forget about emulation on these Apple system-on-chip (SoC) processors. It’s not the fault of the emulation software (Parallels/Boot Camp/VirtualBox/VMWare Fusion/Wine/etc). You can still use emulation. However, as @drcrandon and @narenkona said, there is no working driver for our industry standard wireless hearing aid programming device,…
Noahlink on a Mac using Windows emulating with Paralles
The computers on this list use ARM processors and therefore cannot use the industry standard Noahlink Wireless programming device because there is no ARM driver for Noahlink Wireless. I don’t know if this list is complete? But at least it’s a starting point. MacBook Air (M2, 2022) MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022) Mac Studio (2022) MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) Mac mini (M1, 2020) MacBook Air (M1, 2020) MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) Lenovo Th…
Edited

This link to → MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) - Technical Specifications - Apple Support1
says that Yes, it has an intel Processor
Processor

  • 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz) with 3MB L3 cache
  • 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz) with 4MB L3 cache

So you are good to go for finding and using a driver for Noahlink Wireless.

So now the only question is can you emulate Windows on this MacBook Pro? That answer also appears to be Yes.

  • Is if Free to setup Windows emulation? I dunno.
  • Can I tell you how to setup Windows emulation? No - I’m not an Apple/Mac user
  • Can someone else tell you how to setup Windows emulation? Yes, but I don’t know if your will find that person here, and also with hearing aid self fitting experience?

Can someone help @user172 with setup of Windows emulation on a Mac?

ETA: Tip: How to change your username (and name) (member archive) because after 30 days your Usennnn generic username becomes permanent. :wink:

You can find video tutorials on youtube

another one

install Windows first without product key. You can use Windows for a while as trial version without entering an product key. Microsoft allows anyone to download Windows 10 for free and install it without a product key. Windows will then continue to work for the foreseeable future - with a few minor cosmetic restrictions. However, you can always license the operating system fully at a later date.
Windows 10 works for 30 days without any restrictions, and even after the 30 days have expired, they are rarely noticeable.

Related discussions