VMWare also doesn't slow down your OSX install the way Parallels does
due to how the virtual machine is implemented. I regularly develop for
linux and OSX, running linux under a VMWare partition with no hassles.
When needed, I also run a xp pro instance under VMWare, and it's also
quite peppy.
Biggest drawback (imho) is wasting all the disk and core space on
another operating system.
Alexandra O'Neal wrote:
Our creative team likewise live in a Mac world, in a company dominated by
PCs. The IAs have VMware to switch back & forth and use Visio. Comparing
VMware to Parallels, one of our top IAs reports preferring Parallels because
it feels more like you're running a Windows app in an OS X environment, so
the switch is less jarring.
Personally, I move back and forth between separate Windows & Mac
environments, and prefer Mac for most things, but I don't think an either-or
world is necessary. And a few years ago when I did network administration
in a Mac + Windows + Unix environment, I did find Macs much easier to
network and support than Windows.
bests,
Alex O'Neal
UX manager
--
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The next best time is
now.
Patrick wrote:
I recently worked for a company that was totally committed to the PC
world, and the ENTIRE UX team were Macheads.
Personally, I live in both worlds, and I don't see as much of a
difference between Visio and Omnigraffle, and actually have work for
clients stored in both formats (I run Parallels). I prefer to do work
on the Mac, but it's not as much as a dealbreaker for me to work in
Visio.
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