Hi Eric
Which one in your opinion supports the serial ports (including USB I
presume) best.
I'm thinking about ditching Vista (Home Premium) off my new Toshiba
Satellite Laptop..and probably install Ubuntu, then run VMWare or
similar on that.
I'll rerun the Vista as one of the virtuals, and two XP development
systems I've got already existing on other machines.
Serial Ports are a 'staple part of the systems' I develop..
Thanks
Ian Drower
Eric A wrote:
I'm
a previous user of VMWARE and have been using Virtual Box for a while.
I'm pretty happy with Virtual Box.
Reports from the Client environment I'm working in is that the
performance of the "free" VMWARE versions are crippled (as expected
from a commercial standpoint). So if you are expecting performance and
want to use VMWARE then buy it.
One of the differences between the two products is supprot of serial
ports - really only of relevance to people doing industrial type
applications.
Eric
> From: jsm...@deltics.co.nz
> To: delphi@delphi.org.nz
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:14:01 +1200
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Upgrade considerations
>
> I've just started using VisualBox myself.
>
> I have previously used both VirtualPC and VMWare.
>
> VPC was quick and easy to get up and running but I found it
frustratingly
> basic in terms of its management interface and soon found myself
looking at
> VM Ware.
>
> VM Ware goes to the other extreme... more awkward to get up and
running, but
> more feature laden. But I found the management interface intrusive
and
> over-complex for my intermediate needs. Plus I had trouble with VM
Ware
> getting it to work properly with my dual core AMD CPU. I had to go
diving
> into config files with a text editor and tweak things here and
there to get
> it to work (and finding this solution took some digging on google).
>
> VirtualBox (so far at least) has struck the happy medium of a
fuss-free
> management interface but which never-the-less has all the tools I
need,
> should I need them and "it just works" reliability. Some of the
management
> tools involve dropping to a command line (e.g. "cloning" a HD
requires a
> console command), but that's fine by me because they are typically
the
> infrequently used tools.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On
> Behalf Of Ross Levis
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 18:15
> To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Upgrade considerations
>
> I'm interested to know if anyone is using the free Sun VirtualBox
and how it
> compares to VMWare.
>
> Ross.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On
> Behalf Of Alister Christie
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 3:45 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Upgrade considerations
>
> The next question should be, should I just virtualise my
development
> stuff, or everything (should I use the host computer for anything
other
> than hosting my virtual machine).
>
> Currently I've been using VMWare for testing purposes (Windows7
> compatibility, installs, client server stuff, networking issues
and so on).
>
> Alister Christie
> Computers for People
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> PO Box 13085
> Johnsonville
> Wellington
>
>
>
> Sean Cross wrote:
> >> I think my next development environment will be a Virtual
Machine which
> >> will allow me to experiment a bit more aggressively, I
understand that
> >> quite a few people are using VMs for this purpose these
days.
> >>
> >> Alister Christie
> >> Computers for People
> >> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
> >> http://www.salespartner.co.nz
> >> PO Box 13085
> >> Johnsonville
> >> Wellington
> >>
> >
> > My thoughts on the subject:
>
http://sourceitsoftware.blogspot.com/2009/08/when-you-install-delphi-2010-pu
> t-it-in.html
> >
> > Summarised as "Just do it"
> >
> > Sean
> >
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