Carl Alexander wrote: > Just a couple of quick comments: > > 1) Your mileage may vary --- pick one, install it, and test it > thoroughly for your intended purpose during the free return > window. If it doesn't work, try the other one. I, for instance, > found out this way that QuickBooks Pro 2005 (which is the entire > reason I run Windows) simply would not install on a Parallels > VM. A little digging found this to be a known problem with no > solution. (I switched, and it installed fine on a VMware Fusion > VM.) I would not be the least bit surprised if there are apps > for which the reverse is true. > > 2) WRT the VMware partnership with McAfee: Having this morning > fired up Fusion and gotten the 'a newer version is available' > dialog, I happen to be looking right now at the downoad page > for VMware Fusion 2.0.6. Which offers, as has every other > version of this page I remember seeing, the option of downloading > Fusion with McAfee - or without it. I, as always, downloaded > and installed the version without it. This -does- mean that > I have a greyed out "Install McAfee Virusscan Plus' menu item, > but I can't quite manage to muster any annoyance over this fact. > > ---Alex
There's also VirtualBox - http://www.virtualbox.org/ It's free. Has worked for everything I've need it for both with Linux and Mac OS X hosts. Ryan Pugatch Systems Administrator, TripAdvisor _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
