Parallels is great for running the Mac OS and a Windows OS simultaneously. Example, when chaining audio applications you can have a PC only app open and chained to a Mac app, with dual monitors this is great. Can this be done with VMWare? I was dual booting with Fedora on my mac but those fine people at the mac store put an end to that...
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:09 PM, j. eric townsend <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >>> >>> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [email protected] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> >> > > -- > J. Eric "jet" Townsend, CMU Master of Tangible Interaction Design '09 > > design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ > PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
