> > As far as 'ideal Swiss Army Knife' well, imo OS X comes damned close. > > I can: > > run OSX > run Windows in a VM > run Windows executables via wine > run Linux in a VM > run Linux executables via Macports or fink > > All at the same time. (oh yes, while running a web server too.) >
Me too, but with Linux as the base, and other VM management options And since you bring up webservers... ummm What is the ratio of sites broken down by the OS serving them?...... > That's "Champion" class swiss army knifing. > > Two weeks ago I was installing linux in a VM on another linux box via > X-windows on my Mac, while loading a printer driver on a Windows > server, through Windows running in a VM on my mac which was using my > Macs optical drive for the CD. > > At the same time. > I was recently given a Bondi G3 with no hdd or cdrom I did not have an iMac optical drive at the time so I could not boot a cd to install from, and being an orig iMac the OF gave me limited boot options when I was starting with a blank, unpartitioned hdd. What did I do? I put a hdd in my AMD Athlon desktop (Running Linux) and built a G3 Mac hdd in my x86 desktop, then connected it to the ide cable in the imac and booted up flawlessly as if the install was done on G3 hardware. MacGuyver would run OSS........ he is a true hacker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
