I guess the same would be true of Windows, given that one of the best reasons for keeping it around nowadays is to play DirectX-based games :)
On 5 November 2010 13:48, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]>wrote: > On 11/05/2010 02:39 PM, Kevin Wright wrote: > >> I can see how you'd be able to quickly flip between systems running in >> parallel with this approach, but how well does it fare with regards to >> seamless windowing? Allowing multiple apps from more than one OS to all >> show distinct windows on the same screen at the same time, in the same >> fashion as parallels, virtualbox, eXceed, or even Citrix Metaframe. >> > One thing at a time... In any case, there are other problems to solve too. > For instance: Snow Leopard runs well as a guest in a Linux host, with the > exception of the display. The problem is that, in spite of having enabled > "hw acceleration" in VMWare, Mac OS X needed a specific driver (from the > VMWare tools) and the performance isn't by far the same as a native Mac OS > X. Considering that one of the primary purposes of Mac OS X - at least for > me - is manipulating media, screen performance is a must... Let's say it's > decent, but I'm searching for an improvement. Also, there are still residual > issues for color calibration and I've not tried yet two monitors. All of > these things would really make me prefer to find a way to have the Mac OS X > guest be able to directly access the video card, giving up to seamless > windowing (that clearly excludes a direct access to hardware). > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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/javaposse?hl=en.
