and the high-technology arena is where products are least likely to work as advertised. But perhaps your Nova Development software problems have less to do with PC vs. Mac and more to do with you trying to run them on a complex mix of software on platform not intended in the design nor tested in the developer's QA process?

I have no experience with the software you're running, but my reaction to your original post in this thread is that you're trying to make the proverbial round peg fit a square hole.