I'm testing them all out on my shiny new iMac :P Parallels = If you are looking to *attempt* to access some of the visual performance grade applications (ie Photoshop CS3). It works a treat.
VMWare Fusion = If you are doing what you're hinting at, running some Microsoft products that kind of get hungry for hard drive / cache access etc. I run VM Ware Fusion when I need to Visual Studio 2008 etc as well as a seperate instance for Windows Server 2008. I found it to be the better peformer. Yet, when I need to run Photoshop CS3 or Expression Studio, I opt for Parallels. It seems to be more fluid in terms of screen repainting ? If you're going to have a Mac that sits there all day running Bootamp then you should do yourself a favour and buy a cheap PC as it will be cheaper hardware heh. btw, Parallels has a limit of 2mb in RAM, where as VMWARE Fusion can go beyond that. (Daemon guys have what looks like the ultimate Apple + CF + Windows setup(s) heh). On 10/11/07, Sean Bucklar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > VMware would probably be my chosen option if I HAD to run virtual > machines from my laptop. But I'd much rather just leave a windows > machine with a network connection running in the back closet and connect > with Terminal Server if I had the option. With a half decent broadband > connection - I'd much rather TS into the a remote windows machine then > try and run a local virtual install. > > Bootcamp would IMO be far and away the best way to run a web/sql/cf > server from a mac laptop if you won't have a broadband connection. > > Chris Bernard wrote: > > I've had very good luck with VM Ware, it's certainly worth a look if > > you are using Parallels. I find the performance to be a bit a bettre > > and the emulation 'tax' to be a bit less. In fact I've seen a number > > of .NET developers actually run Visual Studio in Coherence Mode this > > way. > > > > On Oct 9, 5:16 am, "<cfgroupie>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I agree with Kai. The only reason I run windows on my mac is for .NET > >> development and SQL. If it wasn't for that, and the fact that I'm > >> moving on from CF to .NET I wouldn't have it installed in the first > >> place. Nevertheless, Parellels is my choice purely because I use co- > >> herence all the time. out of site out of mind sort of thing. > >> > >> On Oct 9, 10:15 am, "Kai Koenig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> :) I just don't like Windows to have full control over my beloved Mac > >>> hardware > >>> and to give it it's own partition, that's basically it - and the reason > >>> why > >>> I've made the switch anyway. It might not be a perfectly logical > >>> justification, > >>> but I feel more comfortable having Windows just in it's little > >>> self-contained > >>> environment on the Mac HD. > >>> > >>> To be honest, if some of my clients weren't on SQL Server, I probably > >>> wouldn't > >>> even have Parallels installed... Well - and for playing with CF/.NET > >>> integration. > >>> I do all my other CF/Flex development directly on the Mac. > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> Kai > >>> > >>>> Kai, > >>>> > >>>> Out of curiosity why don't you like Bootcamp? > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>>> Behalf Of Kai Koenig > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2007 9:40 AM > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Parallels or Bootcamp? > >>>> > >>>> Ryan, > >>>> > >>>> I don't think there is a def right or wrong here. I personally do not > >>>> like Bootcamp at all, I just run a Win XP VM in Parallels. > >>>> > >>>> There is another religious question to answer - Parallels or Fusion :) > >>>> Again - some people are saying Fusion has a better performance - for > >>>> my usage Parallels 3 is fine though, so I stick with it. > >>>> > >>>> The important thing to mention anyway is - give the MBP enough RAM, > >>>> then it should be alright either way. I'm running 4 GB of which > >>>> I've set aside 1 GB for the Windows VM - and that's fine for > >>>> CF, IIS and SQL Server for a dev. setup. Maybe give it 1.5 GB... > >>>> > >>>> Cheers > >>>> Kai > >>>> > >>>>> You should install Bootcamp and then install Parallels to run off the > >>>>> Boot Camp partition. That way you'll get the best of both worlds. > >>>>> > >>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>>>> Behalf Of Ryan Sabir > >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2007 8:20 AM > >>>>> To: '[email protected]' > >>>>> Subject: [cfaussie] Parallels or Bootcamp? > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> > >>>>> We want to run a CF Server, IIS, and MS SQL Server 2005 on a Mac Laptop > >>>>> under a virtual environment. Does Parallels have enough grunt to achieve > >>>>> this? Or should I look at Bootcamp.. is Bootcamp stable enough? > >>>>> > >>>>> thanks- Hide quoted text - > >>>>> > >> - Show quoted text - > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. 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