Dick,
Thanks for all this information.. it makes me even happier with my decision
to switch to a Powerbook with VirtualPC for my admin work/emailing etc
etc!! Can't wait for it to arrive!! hehehe droool! What a spec.....
built-in modem, network adapter, hot-swappable DVD Drive, SVideo connectors
(so you can watch DVD on the TV!), nice large screen, 192mb memory, 6gig
drive, infrared networking, infrared synchronising of my palm pilot (yes..
no cradle required!!).. and of course... the airport base, and card as
extras!!! :^)
And best of all... the price is competitive with PC Laptops!! It's only
costing about A$500 more than we paid for a PC laptop!! And I can't begin
to tell of the troubles we've had with that!! :^)
Now if only I could get a copy of CF Studio for the Mac... I'd ditch my PC
faster than I could open the window and throw it out!! ;^)
At 08:09 24/05/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Erika
>
>The problem is probably a little broader than three versions of 2
>browsers... you also have the Mac platform (and Linux).
>
>Here's how I do it (on an iMac)
>
> MacOS
>
> You can install as many versions of each browser as desired... but
> you can
> only run 1 version of IE concurrent with 1 version of NN
>
> You can change versions of either by quitting the current version
> and starting another version (no OS reboot is necessary)
>
> So, you can easily cycle thru the Mac Browsers & Versions
>
>Concurrent with the MacOS browsers (and any other Mac Programs) you
>can run 1 or more emulated PC environments using VirtualPC or
>Softwindows. These products allow you to simulate PC
>win95/win98/winNT/win2K/ and PC Linux environments concurrently with
>any MacOS programs.
>
>It's a little more difficult onder the win environment... win olny
>allows each machine to have 1 version of each browser installed.
>
>But, you can define (and concurrently run) as many Virtual PC
>machines as you need (each with it's own C drive, etc)
>
>All this shares a single web connection with the MacOS.
>
>So, under Emulation you may have:
>
> Emulated Machine 1 running Win98 running IE 3 and NN 4
>
> Emulated Machine 2 running Win2K running IE 5 and NN 6
>
>To change versions you merely virtually boot another Emulated
>machine. (You can virtually boot and shutdown in a few seconds... as
>the emulators save/restore status)
>
>On an 333 MHZ iMac with 96 Meg Real Memory an Emulated PC runs like a
>300 MHZ P3... assuming no other emulated PCs or MacOS programs are
>hogging cycles.
>
>You can improve this by adding memory.
>
>This isn't the most responsive environment... but it's adequate for
>validating web pages for browser versions.
>
>So, for less than $900:
>
> iMac 333MHZ................. $799
> Emulator Linux ............. $89 will run any win versions (Not
> included)
>
>and 16 square inches of desktop space:
>
>You have a machine which will allow you to test multiple versions of
>multiple browsers on mulltiple platforms... simultaneously, over a
>single web connection.
>(along with a whole bunch of other stuff).
>
>It is *very* easy to install and *very* easy to use. For example, If
>an emulated PC machine crashes (or needs to be rebooted) this usually
>happens without affecting the other programs.
>
>Even if the total system crashes (infrequent) you can be back up and
>running in little more time than is req'd to boot a real PC.
>
>Typically I run concurrently:
>
> MacOS
>
> NN 4.6.
> IE 5.0
> WebTV Viewer
> PhotoShop
> Office 98: Word/Excel
> NetFinder: FTP Client
> BBEdit Program Editor
> Perl
> Sherlock Web Search Client
>
> Emulated Machine 1 Win98
> IE 4.x
> NN 4.x
> Office 97: MS-Access
>
>If necessary I start a second emulated Machine (or virtually reboot the above)
>to run IE 5.x NN 6
>
>
>Finally, some added bonuses:
>
> You can share directories/files/printers between the Mac and Emulated PC
> machines
>
> You can Copy/Paste between Applications on the Mac and any Emulated
>PC machine
>
> The iMac comes with 10BaseT (standard) and the emulators come with PC
> networking in several flavors (Standard)... so you can easily interface
> with your other machines by just buying a cable.
>
> Virtually all of your PC software will run on the iMac.
>
> Any viruses that infect an emulated machine are limited to that virtual
> machine.
>
> Suspect email, files, etc (e.g. Love Bug) can be opened and examined using
> the MacOS with no infection.
>
>It is a lot easier to run, than it is to describe.
>
>HTH
>
>Dick
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>At 7:34 AM -0700 5/24/2000, Erika Foster wrote:
> >Much thanks to this list, I just turned in my first very large project to a
> >client who is very happy with the results. Amazing what CF can do!
> >
> >On to my next project: my new client has asked that we make sure the site is
> >compliant with IE 3.0 - 5.1, and Netscape 4.0 - present. Not a huge deal,
> >but a big pain in the butt. I've tried running both IE 4.0 and 5.0 on my
> >development machine with no luck. How am I going to run three versions of
> >each browser?
> >
> >How do you suggest ensuring compliancy with all browsers and versions?
> >
> >Thanks,
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