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Pelargonium sidoides preparation (EPs[R] 7630) in the treatment of acute bronchitis in adults and children.
Acute bronchitis, although mostly caused by viral infections, is commonly treated with antibiotics. As antibiotics should only be prescribed upon strict indication, treatment options like a liquid herbal drug preparation from the roots of Pelargonium sidoides (EPs[R] 7630) gain more and more interest.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment with EPs[R] 7630 in patients with acute bronchitis, a multi-centre, prospective, open observational study was conducted in 440 study sites located in Germany. A total of 2099 patients aged 0-93 years with productive cough for less than six days without indication for treatment with antibiotics were given EPs[R] 7630-solution in an age-dependent dosage for 14 days. The primary outcome criterion was the mean change of the Bronchitis Severity Score (BSS: cough, sputum, rales/rhonchi, chest pain at cough, dyspnoea) from baseline to patient's individual last observation.
During treatment, the mean BSS of all patients decreased from 7.1[+ or -]2.9 points at baseline to 1.0[+ or -]1.9 points at patients' individual last visit. Subgroup analysis for children showed a decrease of mean BSS from 6.3[+ or -]2.8 points to 0.9[+ or -]1.8 points and analysis of children younger than three years showed a decrease of mean BSS from 5.2[+ or -]2.5 points to 1.2[+ or -]2.1 points. Adverse events occurred in 26/2099 (1.2%) patients. Serious adverse events were not reported.
In conclusion, EPs[R] 7630 is an effective and well tolerated treatment of acute bronchitis in adults, children and infants outside the strict indication for antibiotic treatment.
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Keywords: Acute bronchitis; Children; Herbal medicine; Bronchitis severity score; EPs[R] 7630; Umckaloabo[R]
Acute bronchitis is defined as a lower respiratory tract infection and is one of the most common diagnoses made by primary care physicians (Knutson and Braun, 2002). Although in up to 95% of cases the cause is viral, acute bronchitis has traditionally been treated with antibiotics (Hueston and Mainous, 1998). Because of increasing concern about antibiotic resistance and the scant evidence of benefit, this practice has been questioned (File and Hadley, 2002; Flaherty et al., 2001).
Outside the strict indication for antibiotic treatment, treatment with a liquid herbal drug preparation from the roots of Pelargonium sidoides, EPs[R] 7630 (1) has gained increasing interest. For EPs[R] 7630, antimicrobial and immunomodulatory principles have been shown (Kayser and Kolodziej, 1997; Kayser et al., 2001; Kolodziej et al., 2003) which account for the therapeutic effect in respiratory tract infections demonstrated in several clinical trials: In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 124 adult patients published by Chuchalin et al. (2005), in which the efficacy and safety in the treatment of acute bronchitis in adults has been evaluated, treatment with EPs[R] 7630 for seven days clearly reduced bronchitis specific symptoms more effectively and faster than placebo. Tolerability was rated as good or very good in more than 95% of patients. Good results are also obtained by studies in the treatment of acute bronchitis in children (Dome and Schuster, 1996; Haidvogl et al., 2006). An open multicentre study published by Haidvogl et al. (2006) included 742 children in the age of 0-12 years with acute bronchitis or acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. After two weeks of treatment with EPs[R] 7630 in an age-dependent dosing, complete or partial remission of symptoms was seen in over 80% of the children. Improvement of health condition was noted in 83.5% in the first week of treatment. A subsequent antibiotic therapy was needed in only 2% of cases. The tolerability of EPs[R] 7630 was very good with adverse events of mild to moderate severity in only 1.8% of patients.
In the present study, the efficacy and tolerability of EPs[R] 7630 in the treatment of acute bronchitis was evaluated in a large population of patients.
Study design
This multi-centre, prospective, open observational study was designed to investigate the efficacy and safety of EPs[R]-solution in the treatment of acute bronchitis. A total of 2099 patients met the inclusion criteria, presenting productive cough for less than six days, but without a mandatory indication for treatment with antibiotics. Exclusion criteria were antibiotic treatment during the past four weeks before enrolment into the study, treatment with any other medication for acute bronchitis, known or supposed hypersensitivity against the investigational medication, known alcohol or drug abuse, and multimorbidity.
The patients were instructed to take EPs[R] 7630 three times daily 30 min prior to meal over a period of 14 days EPs[R]-solution contained 80g EPs[R] 7630 in 100ml solution. Dosage was adapted to age as following:
* adults and children > 12 years: 30 drops,
* children aged > 6-12 years: 20 drops,
* children aged 6 years or less: 10 drops.
At baseline visit, demographic data, clinical diagnosis, concomitant diseases and concomitant medication prior to the study were assessed, as well as bronchitis-specific symptoms according to the Bronchitis Severity Score (BSS), i.e. cough, sputum, rales/rhonchi, chest pain at cough, dyspnoea, rated on a 5-point rating scale (from 0 = absent to 4 = very severe). Additionally, further symptoms (hoarseness, headache, pain in the limbs, fatigue/exhaustion), rated on a four-point rating scale (from 0 = absent to 3 = severe), fever, and supporting measures for the treatment of bronchitis were assessed. Three follow-up visits included the assessment of treatment compliance and outcome, adverse events, assessment of tolerability of the investigational medication and changes in bronchitis-specific symptoms, further symptoms, supporting measures and concomitant medication.
The primary efficacy parameter was the mean change of the BSS from baseline to the patient's individual last observation. Standard descriptive sample statistics were used to analyse the data. The analysis of efficacy was performed using the last observation carried forward (LOCF) method, i.e. if a single item was missing at a contact, the value of the last available contact was taken. Subgroup analysis of efficacy and safety were performed for children and infants.
Demographics and baseline characteristics
A total of 2099 patients from 440 study sites in Germany were included. The age ranged from 0 to 93 years with a mean age of 34.5[+ or -]20.3 (35) years (here and in the following arithmetic mean[+ or -]standard deviation (median)). One hundred and twenty seven patients (6.1%) were > 6-12 years of age and 241 patients (11.5%) were [less than or equal to] 6 years of age. The majority of patients was female (59.0%).
Concomitant diseases were documented in 556/2099 patients (26.5%) and intake of concomitant medication in 465/2099 patients (22.2%). An episode of acute bronchitis during 12 months prior to the study was reported in 750/2099 patients (35.7%). The onset of productive cough before enrolment in the study was within 24 and 48 hours in 900/2099 patients (42.9%). In the majority of patients (95.5%) acute bronchitis was diagnosed by clinical symptoms.
Course of the study
The mean duration of treatment was 14.6[+ or -]7.0 (14) days. Premature termination of treatment was documented in 378/2099 patients (18.0%) at the first follow-up, thereof 83.6% (316/378) were free of symptoms. At the second follow-up 603/2099 patients (28.7%) had terminated treatment of which 90.9% (548/603) were free of symptoms. The compliance as assessed at the individual last follow-up was 'good' in 2023/2099 patients (96.4%).
The analysis of efficacy was performed for all patients as well as for the subgroups of children and infants. The subgroup of children (n = 498) included all patients with less than 18 years of age. The subgroup of infants (n = 78) included all patients aged less than 3 years.
Analysis of all patients
At baseline the mean value of BSS of all patients (n = 2099) was 7.1[+ or -]2.9 (7) points. Until the first follow-up it decreased by 3.4[+ or -]2.8 (3) points to a mean value of 3.6[+ or -]2.8 (3) points. At the second follow-up the mean value was 1.7[+ or -]2.1 (1) and at the third follow-up it was 1.0[+ or -]1.9 (0) points (Fig. 1). According to a response criterion defined as decrease of BSS of at least five points from baseline to the third follow-up, the responder rate was 68.0%.
The remission rate at the individual last observation for the five bronchitis-specific symptoms was above 80% each, except for cough, which showed a remission rate of 59.7% (Fig. 2).
Further symptoms showed remission rates of more than 80% each, ranging from 80.2% for fatigue/exhaustion to 94.6% for fever (Fig. 3).
The investigators documented complete recovery for 1458/2099 patients and major improvement for 519/2099 at the individual last visit.
Subgroup analysis
In the subgroup of children (n = 498) the baseline mean value of BSS was 6.3[+ or -]2.8 (6) points. It decreased to 3.3[+ or -]2.6 (3) points at the first follow-up, to 1.6[+ or -]1.9 (1) points at the second follow-up and to 0.9[+ or -]1.8 (0) points at the third follow-up (Fig. 4).
In the subgroup of infants which included all children with less than 3 years of age (n = 78) the mean value at baseline was 5.2[+ or -]2.5 (5) points. At the first follow-up the BSS decreased to 3.1[+ or -]2.4 (3) points, at the second follow-up to 1.6[+ or -]1.7 (1) and at the third follow-up to 1.2[+ or -]2.1 (0) points.
Safety evaluation
Subgroup analysis for adverse events were conducted for children (aged 3-18 years, n = 420) and for infants (aged two years or less, n = 78). A total of 28 adverse events occurred in 26/2099 patients (1.2%), thereof 14 in children (13/420 patients, 3.1%) and 4 in infants (3/78 patients, 3.8%). There was an accumulation of adverse events in the organ class coded "gastrointestinal disorders" with 11/28 (39.3%) and in the organ class coded "infections and infestations" with 9/28 (32.1%). Intensity of adverse events was classified as "mild" in 13 cases, as "moderate" in 12 cases and as "severe" in 3 cases. All severe adverse events occurred in the subgroup of children and were coded in the organ class "infections and infestations", but none was assessed as related to the study medication. For 9/28 (32.1%) adverse events in all patients a causal relationship to the investigational medication could not be excluded, but was assessed as unlikely in 8/9 (88.9%) cases. In one child the relation to study medication of an hypersensitivity reaction was assessed as "possible", but further possibly allergic agents were not sought after. Serious or significant adverse events did not occur. Overall, the results suggest that the study medication is a safe and well-tolerated treatment for acute bronchitis in adults, children and infants.
The results of this study showed good efficacy and safety of EPs[R] 7630-solution in the treatment of children, infants and adults with acute bronchitis.
The BSS of all patients decreased from a median of 7 points at baseline to a median of 0 points at the third follow-up, corresponding to an average decrease of median 6 points. Subgroup analyses for children and infants show similar results. Complete recovery or major improvement was documented in 94.2% of all patients.
Bronchitis specific symptoms showed remission rates above 80% for all patients except for the symptom cough, which showed a remission rate of 59.7%. This is in line with previous findings that cough can last for two weeks or more in 26% of patients (Chesnutt et al., 2002). Further symptoms like hoarseness and headache showed remission rates above 80% in all patients. The efficacy of treatment with EPs[R] 7630 is supported by analysis of early study termination. Almost one-third of patients did not complete the third follow-up, because they were already free of symptoms.
Tolerability of EPs[R] 7630 was very good. Serious adverse events were not reported. The rate of adverse events was 1.2% of all patients and thus even lower than in previous studies (Haidvogl et al., 2006). This supports the use of EPs[R] 7630 in the treatment of acute bronchitis.
The benefit of EPs[R] 7630 has also been studied in comparison to non-antibiotic treatment of acute bronchitis. A prospective, randomized, controlled study in 60 children aged 5-14 years compared the efficacy of EPs[R] 7630 to N-acetylcysteine (NAC) (Blochin et al., 1999). After 7 days of treatment bronchitis specific symptoms were reduced more effectively and faster by EPs[R] 7630 than by NAC. Tolerability was rated as very good in 46.7% of patients treated with EPs[R] 7630 vs. 33.3% of patients treated with NAC. The authors conclude that EPs[R] 7630 can reduce bronchitis specific symptoms better than NAC and leads to a higher rate of satisfaction with the treatment.
In conclusion, treatment with EPs[R] 7630 is effective in acute bronchitis and, being well tolerated, a useful alternative to the treatment with antibiotics for use outside the strict indication for antibiotic treatment.
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(d) Clinical Research, ISO-Arzneimittel, Ettlingen, Germany
[star] Funding: The study was financially supported by the firm of Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co KG, Germany.
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% patients with remission at last individual visit Cough 59.7 Sputum 80.7 Rales/Rhonchi 93.1 Chest pain at cough 94.1 Dyspnoea 93.2 Fig. 2. Remission rates from baseline to last observation for bronchitis specific symptoms in all patients (n = 2099). Note: Table made from bar graph. % patients with remission at individual last visit Hoarse ness 91.4 Head ache 90.7 Pain in the limbs 94.3 Fatigue/Exhaustion 80.2 Fever 94.6 Fig. 3. Remission rates from baseline to last observation for further symptoms in all patients (n = 2099). Note: Table made from bar graph.
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Hero Highlight: Shane Ellison - Mentor, Donor
It is my privilege to introduce you to one of my heroes in the outdoor industry and the world of mentoring. You might recognize Shane Ellison from his television show "Livin' the Hunt," which airs on the Pursuit Channel (Direct TV 608, Dish Network 240). Through his Christian outdoor adventure program, Shane is recalibrating the way we think about hunting. He's not in it for fame, fortune, and trophies but for something far more valuable—life change. In fact, he is so committed to maximizing hunting for God's glory that he is walking away from a very successful career to launch "Livin' the Hunt." Shane, who is not only a dear friend and brother in Christ but also a staunch supporter of Fathers in the Field, believes that outdoor adventure is the perfect vehicle for mentoring boys into manhood. I couldn't agree with him more. We recently caught up with Shane to talk about his passion for mentoring and outdoor adventure. Here's what he had to say.
We know you from "Livin' the Hunt," but tell us about your life before it took this dramatic turn into mentoring.
Most people would dream and aspire to be where I was. I was a partner of a large accounting firm, making a lot of money. I have a beautiful wife and two great sons. We had everything we wanted and needed—a big house, nice cars, fun adventures, everything! By the world's standards I was extremely successful. But God revealed to me several years ago that that's not what's important in life. That is not what living is all about. It's all about relationships and the people that we meet and the people that we impact. Money has no relevance when it comes to that. You can't put a price on any of that.
What happened that brought you to this new perspective on life?
I almost lost my marriage in 2006 because of hunting. It had become an addiction, an obsession. I put it before my wife, my children, and every other relationship, including the Lord. I was literally glorifying myself with hunting and it brought my marriage to a breaking point. Things had gotten so bad that my wife was at the point of visiting an attorney. That was my wake-up call from the Lord.
Amazingly, that passion for hunting that nearly destroyed my marriage has since been transformed by God into a passion that has strengthened my marriage and family and, above all else, glorifies him.
How did the idea for "Livin' the Hunt" come about and what do you hope to accomplish with it?
Once I realized that I needed to be glorifying God and not myself with my hunting passion, He gave me the idea for "Livin' the Hunt." Basically, it is about relationships.
The best way I can describe it is by first asking a question. "What is your favorite memory from being in the woods hunting with a father, grandfather, uncle or someone else? Is it a kill, is it a score, or is it something else?" The world would tell you that that your most valued moment should be the time you bagged the biggest animal or scored a trophy deer. But, deep down, we all know that our most precious memories from the field can't be mounted on a wall or displayed on a shelf. They are the relationships formed and experiences shared. Those are the trophy memories we treasure in our hearts.
Just like I had gotten off track in life by focusing on money, houses, cars, and stuff… I believe that the hunting industry has also gotten way out of sync with what is really important. There is too much focus on scores, big horns and success measured on the kill. "Livin' the Hunt" is about re-calibrating our motives for and perspectives on hunting, putting people and relationships at the heart of it all. We're not afraid to take viewers into deep, relational moments in the field. We're also not shy about sharing our faith in Christ through the program. It's about taking individuals and walking them along the journey, not just that they have a chance at a trophy but so they can find something deeper. We do it all with one goal in mind—to glorify God and not ourselves through our passions.
You and the "Livin' the Hunt" team are important advocates for Fathers in the Field and our effort to mentor fatherless boys through outdoor adventure. Why do you feel so strongly about the ministry?
Everything that Fathers in the Field is about—the Lord, mentoring, and relationship-building through outdoor adventure—is at the heart of what we are about. Sadly, mentoring has gone by the wayside because we have gotten too busy in life pursuing what the world says we should pursue—self-indulgence. Mentoring runs against that because it is about giving to others.
To see a Mentor Father invest his time, energy, and resources in someone else—a child who has no one else to teach him about God and His Great Outdoors—that blesses and inspires us. The hunting world won't offer a trophy for changing the life of one child. But we recognize the importance of it and want to do all we can to help Fathers in the Field reach as many abandoned boys as possible.
I've heard you say that "life is measured by what you have given, not what has been received." What do you mean by that?
To me, the best way to answer that is to tell you about my youngest son, Trevor. I believe that two of the most important things that I could have given him as his dad were instruction in the Lord and a love for God's Creation. Today, as a godly young man, he works as a youth camp counselor in Texas, with Christian Outdoor Alliance, teaching boys not only about hunting, but more importantly about the Lord and His Word. Here he is, 18 years old, being a role model to these boys. He's taking what he has learned from me and is now extending it to the next generation. That's exciting! That's what mentoring is about! There is no trophy that can represent the reward in that.
Mentoring is important to God. He calls His people to pass their passion for Him and His Word to the next generation:
"And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up." Deut. 6:5-7
Shane is an inspiration to all of us on how to follow this biblical mandate.
Thank you Shane!
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Assembly Bill 499 was carried by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego. She said the legislation addresses a loophole in the law that forbids prevention steps by doctors but allows minors under 18 to undergo abortions and post-infection treatment for sexually transmitted diseases without the approval of parents or a guardian.
"They are already able to get diagnosis and treatment, but they have not been able to get preventive treatment," Atkins said. "This closes that gap so that practitioners who are already seeing people in their clinics and doctors offices can address these issues with their clients."
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Wow! Such responses.....
I appreciate them all.....
To the "administrator" (and others):
I do know proper manners, etiquette, speech, etc......I was raised by 2 loving and caring parents, many older siblings, etc....and in addition to being a very well educated person, I've owner and operated my own business (successfully) for 25 years.....have taught hundreds of seminars, and spoke to audiences of thousands....as well as volunteer in my local middle school, teaching 8th graders.......
In addition to those attributes, I've spent most of my life boating and sailing....
Voyaging and cruising in remote places starting in the 1960's......
Across the North Atlantic, the Med, Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean, etc....
I've met thousnads of wonderful people, from many nations and cultures, and have learned a lot from them all.....
And, I may be new to this particular sailnet.com forum, but I'm not new to web-based sailing discussion forums....since as an SSCA member and long-time user of the SSCA discussion forums, I'm quite familar with what can happen on line, when good manners are not adhered to.......
And, I've spent the past 6 years discussing our Catalina 470's with other owners, in our sailnet.net email-based discussion list.....
My concern over being "moderated" is my personal taste, and NOT to imply that the sailnet forum's moderators / administrators are anything but honorable......
My question is:
Why does a discussion group (especially among friends), concerning a common interest (we all own the same model boat), need a moderator?????
In over 30 years of ham radio discussions, with people from ALL over the world, on all number of subjects, I've never felt the need to be moderated......
Perhaps I'm too sensitive to this issue.....and perhaps I've underestimated the amount of non-c470 owners who will be contributing to our discussiuons....and lastly, I may need to simply "moderate" myself more!!!
I'll do my best to deal with the changes that sailnet has dealt us all.....but I guess my frustrations have shown through in this posting, huh???
Camaraderie, no worries here!!!!
You seem like a nice guy......and I DO appreciate your assistance in getting my original post (from last week) moved back here, to its original location......
** And, yes, I have read through much of the guidelines and procedures.....
And, although I did upload a small photo as my signature photo.....I still haven't seen it....so I susepct that you all (admin and moderators) have been fairly busy with so many new people "coming in from the cold" of the old e-mail discussion lists.....
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I know how you feel. I went yesterday and I was shocked at what I gained, and I still have awhile to go :(
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Healthy thoughts and love for all the baby's and mommy's too:)
With dd I put everything on in the early stages (first two trimesters) then in the last I only put one-two on a month. Doctor wasn't concerned because I was still in the healthy pregnancy gain weight range, but it just shows you some people are different. The last trimester is when the baby starts putting that food you're eating to use, so if you don't get a huge surge (I was pretty much regularly hungry throughout pregnancy with dd) you may not put a TON more on at the end.
And, if you do, just remember, most women lose around 10lbs at least if they deliver full term (usually more) and if you choose to breastfeed you can burn some calories there.
Plus, once the little baby gets here you'll be so tired from lack of sleep you won't know what's up or down, it'll take you a few weeks to remember you care what you look like, lol
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But one day later, we're all ready to move on from the debates and reactions to the reaction, and perhaps the two people at the very top of that list are Cano and Butler themselves. I think that was somewhat evident as the two got together for a friendly chat during infield practice prior to Tuesday's All-Star game.
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|Aug 9, 2012, 05:19 PM
BootCamp is killing me (should have got 256GB)
I thought Macs just worked! This is my first Mac so I still have a lot of Windows programs that I use but I thought "no problem, I'll just run them in bootcamp!" Well first the windows support drivers took hours to download, then I had to call Microsoft to get a new windows 7 activation key, then I made the huge mistake of only partitioning 25gb for windows since I only have 128 total. Now I don't have space for any windows programs and there is no way to expand the partition aside from paying $20 for Winclone.
On top of all that, Windows 7 can't write to Mac formatted drives so I can't really share files between the two systems.
I just had to get this rant out of my system, if anybody knows and ways to streamline the bootcamp experience let me know!
|Aug 9, 2012, 05:47 PM
1)The drivers take time because you are trying to run an other os on your mac which isnt a mac os
2 ) it isnt apples fault u needed to ask for an microsoft activation key
3) you partitioned your ssd too small in the first instance
4) could be in point 3, but your bought the 128gb version apple didnt force you to.
I just had to get that rant against apple out of my system.
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|Aug 9, 2012, 05:49 PM
I had a similar problem to you with bootcamp, so i've recently moved the 2 machines I used it on (the MBA and the iMac) over to use Parallels, its so much better and allows you to share files across easily and don't have to worry about exceeding the bootcamp partition size.
Sorry, I now thats not really the solution you might have been looking for, but thats how I dealt with it.
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|Aug 9, 2012, 06:03 PM
Getting by on 20GB windows partition over here. But of course what gets you by will depend on how much software you need.
Disable hibernation (admin cmd -> "powercfg -h off"), set a manual page file size (400-512MB) and you'll have a lot of space saved.
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|Aug 9, 2012, 06:07 PM
128GB is challenging for using dual OS and fills up fast before you know it, that's why I went with the 256GB 2011 model, much more practical for my needs. I gave up 2012's new technology, but in the end SSD size made the most impact on my day to day usage more so than USB 3.0 and HD4000 (as much as I wanted that extra oomph in gaming) I cannot in the end overlook the measly 128GB of storage. Having to start off being cramped for space, then having to fork out $350 down the road for a bigger drive from OWC just didn't make much financial sense.
|Aug 9, 2012, 06:16 PM
I don't really save much to my hard drive, especially within W7 (I purely use it to access my work environment through Citrix (double virtual environment!) but in any event I remote access my network drive through my AEB so always have more than enough space wherever I am, which is one of the best things i've set up for a long time - works for itunes and all sorts too. My SSD on my MBA is not even 50% used.
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|Aug 9, 2012, 06:26 PM
With all that being said, if you were going to dual boot, you should have gotten a larger SSD. You can also dual boot and use an external USB HDD.
|Aug 9, 2012, 06:34 PM
What types of programs do you need to run? Unless you are gaming it sounds like Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion are the best solutions since they essentially run Windows on top of the Mac. Boot Camp just turns your Mac into a Windows PC (more or less). Windows doesn't "work" any better on a Mac than a PC (actually it runs a bit more poorly since Apple's Boot Camp drivers aren't particularly well optimized). Having said that, as long as you don't encrypt your Mac partition using FileVault, the Boot Camp drivers actually will let Windows read and write to your Mac partition when you boot into Windows.
If you install Windows within Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion, OS X will see it as a giant file on the hard drive. Windows will see the entire OS X partition as its own and expand and contract as necessary. It will be able to access your Mac partition (even if it is encrypted), since Windows will just see it as another drive, and Parallels/VMWare will handle the details. Both are $50. There is free software called VirtualBox that does much the same, but it can be a little trickier to use. Parallels or VMWare Fusion are more likely to give you the "it just works" experience you are looking for.
Note, though, that if you remove your Boot Camp partition and install Windows in Parallels or VMWare Fusion, you will need to go through the activation rigamarole all over again. Blame Microsoft's draconian system. That said, I've always been able to get Windows activated using the telephone system.
|Aug 10, 2012, 02:51 AM
A problem for me too. I can't believe Windows 7 ate 20 GB of my drive. I ended up removing Windows and legally downloading the Mac version of those apps.
|Aug 10, 2012, 04:43 AM
What is Other on my HDD?
Throttling, overheating and Geekbench
|Aug 10, 2012, 04:57 AM
I ended up with this and am very happy. Those SSDs are reliable enough to allow for a secure second hand impulse buy :-)
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|Aug 10, 2012, 11:52 AM
I had a similar problem with BoodCamp when I first
switched to Apples. A couple of lessons I learned. Get rid of Bootcamp was lesson 1. 2. Use Parallels and you will no longer be forced to boot up in one OS or the other. 3. There is just about nothing in Windows specific software I use anymore as everything I need is written for OS X as well. If you must, MS Office is available for OS X but I now prefer the Apple suite which writes and reads either .doc (etc.) files or apple specific files. 4. Always always always have at least a 512 GB drive.
Just my two cents.
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|Aug 10, 2012, 12:23 PM
|Aug 10, 2012, 12:33 PM
filmbuff, attached is a screen shot that shows my pukey work Mac mini using VMWare Fusion to simultaneously running OS X + Windows 7 + Window XP.
Like others have mentioned, if you use a virtualization product like VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop, you don't have to partition your Mac's hard drive to run another OS, like Windows. VMware/Parallels keep the entire OS in (what looks like to you) a single file on your Mac that grows in size only as needed. If you setup Windows with a 250GB C: drive, the size of the file on your Mac starts out at nothing, and grows only as you install stuff. But Windows thinks it has the 250GB all along (and VMWare/Parallels will allow the file on your Mac to grow that big, if you copy that much data on it).
The other nice thing is that you don't have to leave that file on your Air's SSD. Windows will definitely run faster if you do (because SSDs are amazingly fast), but if you're only going to use Windows every now and then, buy a $99 external USB3 drive, and put your Windows virtual machine file on it. You'll notice a Finder window in the attached screen shot that shows I have eleven different Window machines on my Lacie external drive, varying in size from 3.9GB to 50GB+.
Unlike Boot Camp, VMWare/Parallels aren't free (but both have free demos, if you want to play around with them). And if you're doing a lot of intensive video stuff, they might add some delay. But for the majority of things most people use Windows on Macs for, they can be an easier to work with solution that Boot Camp.
|Aug 10, 2012, 01:01 PM
You can't blame Apple for Windows taking a lot of space and needing a new install key. It's Microsoft's product and it would have been the same no matter what hardware you installed it on.
Same can be said about SSD. It's not Apple's fault if the price/GB is high compared to mechanical hard drives. If you told an Apple store employee you wanted to use Boot Camp, he would probably have suggested you a 256GB/512GB SSD or a MacBook Pro with a mechanical hard drive.
You formatting your Boot Camp drive too small was your fault.
Windows not reading HFS+ (Mac) partitions is Windows' problem. Download a Windows program that will allow you to read them, or one on OS X to read NTSF partitions.
Really this is not Apple's fault at all, just yours and Microsoft's.
|Aug 10, 2012, 01:03 PM
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realize it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
|Aug 14, 2012, 05:47 PM
The sticky topic at the top of the forum is really helpful on this topic and should help a lot.
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|Aug 14, 2012, 07:27 PM
Is there a way to run windows 7 off a USB flash drive? Looking at a 32GB USB 3.0, that would suffice his and my space anxiety. Is it even possible?
|Aug 14, 2012, 07:39 PM
I have now Windows 8, (but it can be 7) running in parallels from a USB 3.0 HDD and is very fast.
Using boot camp this, from my knowledge is not possible to do, the operating system needs to be in a internal drive
|Aug 14, 2012, 08:01 PM
Read this
In time, you will completly trasniction to OS X and no longer need Windows. Till then...
1)As soon as you isntall Windows, disable automatic updates, as this will make your 10GB installiong go to 30GB. This is wahy you no longer have space.
2)You can enlarge your Windows partion, right?
3)Macs can read from NTFS, so simply save any file under the windows partiion, and your mac will be able to read it.
4)Have a FAT32 usb plugged in if you need to share something to your windows partion
|Aug 14, 2012, 08:50 PM
I did get 15GB of space back by turning off hibernation and shrinking my pagefile to 1GB. I still had to install FSX on an external drive but it runs pretty well. Probably in a few months I will figure out a better solution than having a separate external drive for windows programs.
|Aug 24, 2012, 03:25 AM
Yes, totally transitioning off Windows would be ideal. Sometimes it's just not possible. In the days before the App Store, programs cost a bit of money. And were called programs, for that matter. Apps. Sheesh.
@filmbuff, you didn't say what programs you needed to run. Given your moniker, I can only guess, some editor you're already intimately familiar with.
I can say that BootCamp, while a pain, has also been a blessing in the past. I was running a MacBook Pro without a whole lot of memory at few years ago. I was also needing to a Windows only (and no serious Mac alternative) GIS application.
That being said, filmbuff, Macs and OSX *are* easy. You are installing Windows, after all.
Using that GIS software, which already ran poorly on a PC regardless, with only 2gb on the machine for both OS's was a complete waste of time. However, I didn't always need to run the memory hog. I was able to dual boot with BootCamp when I needed to do some intense data manipulation. However, less intense apps could be run via Parallels. Or, if I was only viewing files and not manipulating, I could also spin up Parallels and my program.
Mind you, this was probably 3 years ago. I was running whatever flavor of OSX was the latest, and NT.
Depending on your needs, there's also CrossOver, which ran like MS Office apps great back then. Better than the Mac Office equivalents. I haven't used it since, tho.
For the past year, I have been using Parallels 6 with Snow Leopard and Lion, for a different GIS application, also Windows Only. It was better than 3 years ago, but I also upped to 8gb ram, allocating the virtual machine 2-4gb. I'm no longer booting into BootCamp, but I may decide that is necessary again. I'm also running a trial of the new VMware Fusion 5, on Mountain Lion box.
Alas, why can't they jsut make useful GIS software on a Mac? I know, I'm in a minority...And yes, I do use the open source tools, too.
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|Aug 24, 2012, 04:00 AM
I used to use Parallels (but was disappointed with it) I use VirtualBox now, which not only is free but very reliable.
|Aug 24, 2012, 06:28 AM
Secondly, you should have partitioned more than 25gb for windows... That's your fault.
Third, the hard disks are quite a PITA with macs, and I suggest you format your external hard drives to FAT32 . Then you can use them on every device.
The only drawback of FAT32 (as with mac extended journaled or whatever) is that you can only transfer files on the disk that are less than 4gb.
I don't know why apple uses that, since HD movies can sometimes be more than 4gb and you just can't use them...
|Aug 24, 2012, 06:44 AM
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The problem with depending on one source of power in the drive toward the battery-free operation of small biomedical devices, remote sensors and out-of-the-way gauges is that if the source is intermittent, not strong enough or runs out altogether, the device can stop working. A small MIT research team has developed a low-power chip design capable of simultaneously drawing power from photovoltaic, thermoelectric, and piezoelectric energy sources. The design also features novel dual-path architecture that allows it to run from either onboard energy storage or direct from its multiple power sources. Read More
While the silicon chips found in the electronic devices that we rely on every day are built around the flow of electrons through circuits, with the development of an "integrated chemical chip," a doctoral student in Organic Electronics at Sweden's Linköping University has created the basis for an entirely new circuit technology based on the transmission of ions and molecules. Read More
These days, Flash memory is almost the defacto standard for data storage in consumer devices, being found in everything from PCs and digital cameras, to smartphones and USB thumb drives. But a team of researchers at University College of London (UCL) has developed a new type of memory chip that is much faster than Flash memory, while also offering greater storage densities and requiring much less power. Could the days of Flash memory's dominance be numbered? Read More
Back in February, Darren Quick wrote about the unique properties of Molybdenite and how this material, previously used mostly as a lubricant, could actually outshine silicon in the construction of transistors and other electronic circuits. In brief: it's much more energy efficient than silicon, and you can slice it into strips just three atoms thick - meaning that you can make transistors as much as three times smaller than before, and make them flexible to boot. Well, the technology has now been proven with the successful testing of the world's first molybdenite microchip in Switzerland. Does this mean Lausanne will become known as "Molybdenite Valley?" Read More
Analogue computer chip mimics brain's neural function
By Ben Coxworth
November 24, 2011
The human brain contains approximately 100 billion neurons, and each one of those communicates with many others by releasing neurotransmitters. Those neurotransmitters cross a gap – properly known as a synapse – between the sending (presynaptic) and receiving (postsynaptic) neurons. Ion channels on the membranes of the postsynaptic neurons open or close in response to the arrival of the neurotransmitters, changing the neurons' electrical potential. Should that potential change to a sufficient degree, the neuron will produce an electrical impulse known as an action potential. It's a very complex process ... and scientists from MIT have now recreated it on a silicon computer chip. Read More
Laptop buyers do not have much of a choice in terms of CPUs these days with the market dominated by Sandy Bridge and other Intel solutions, but some competition is on the way. Today, AMD officially announced a full range of multi-core chips for laptops combining CPU and GPU, the so-called APUs (Accelerated Processing Units). These complement the AMD Fusion family, and were previously known as "Llano." Read More
Increasing processor efficiency by matching power with demand
By Darren Quick
February 28, 2011
For decades, chipmakers strove to develop the fastest and most powerful chips possible and damn the amount of electricity needed to power them, but these days raw grunt isn't the only consideration. As more and more devices go mobile and these devices become more and more powerful, chipmakers must also take the energy efficiency into account. Harvard graduate student Wonyoung Kim has developed and demonstrated an on-chip, multi-core voltage regulator (MCVR) that he says could allow the creation of "smarter" smartphones, slimmer laptops and more energy efficient data centers by more closely matching the power supply to the demand of the chip. Read More


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Fraserburgh Friends
- This is a beautiful part of Italy but the tour involved too much travelling and not enough relaxation as each day was a whole day tour. It would have been lovely to have spent even a half day in Savelletre - Lecce was too far away. The food was very mediochre - probably to leave capacity in the budget for all the travelling. The outgoing flight from Inverness was a total shambles - delayed by over three hours! Small Planet kept announcing this was Newmarket's fault. Definitely not one of Newmarket's best!...
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A federal jury in Manhattan has found former Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre liable on six of the seven fraud charges against him. The Securities and Exchange Commission had accused Tourre of intentionally misleading investors in a mortgage-linked security he marketed in the days before the subprime mortgage market collapsed.
Source: NPR
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