On Nov 17, 2006, at 10:12 PM, John Faulds wrote:
I'm after something that provides maximum flexibility when it comes to testing in OSes, browsers, screen resolutions. Am I able to do this with just one machine, e.g. a MacBook Pro running Parallels or a PC running some VM software or do I need to have separate machines?
John, as a freelancer myself I find having a powerful laptop with a reasonably big screen monitor when work at home really useful and productive. I sometimes need to meet clients at cafe or their offices, able to show them the work from my own computer to clients is really important for me.
I have a Macbook Pro with Parallels installed, also have a browsercam- pool shared account (don't use it often but I realized it's good to have when my clients couldn't understand my repeated telling them what they see is not what other see from their monitors and browsers ) and an old PIII Dell PC I picked up from ebay few years ago but these days I rarely use it for browser testing because startup XP from Parallels is so much easier and convenient. Parallels Workstation is a fine product, runs very smooth and fast. As a Mac lover I would say go with the Mac however, if you are a PC user, the cost of switching maybe a bit higher. On the other hand, there are so many open source software at your disposal , and many shareware writers deliver high quality, affordable Mac software that don't really cost an arm and a leg. What I really appreciate these shareware writers is that, they produce something so nice from machine they truly love, take TextMate, CSSedit for example. State of the art is the word. Get rid of Apple Mouse though, that is a piece of pricey junk.
Likewise with monitors: do I need to have more than one or will one suffice as long as it's sufficiently large enough?
If you go with a laptop, having a monitor certainly is a wise choice. Good luck with your upgrade tee ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
