Why a mac as the base machine? What are the reasons (curious because this is something I am considering as well) - but will wait until after the conference to see if any updates are annouced.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Kyley Harris<[email protected]> wrote: > i have not tried the Sun one at all.. I was using a 2.2ghz dual core Mac > Laptop, with 2GB ram.. 1GB host, 1GB guest.. anything less I find useless > for development.. > Now I use a Quad Core 64bit desktop with 8GB ram, and i allocate 2 CPUs, and > 2GB ram to my Dev Machine in VMWare.. that works well > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Jeremy Coulter <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I tried the SUN Virtual Machine but didnt think it performed as well as >> VMWare.... >> >> one question, how much RAM are you running on your Mac? >> >> Jeremy >> ________________________________ >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kyley Harris >> Sent: 5 June 2009 20:11 >> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List >> Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] I reckon I need a new dev machine and... >> >> I use VMWare Fusion, its good. >> I run Windows XP with Delphi 2007 and MSSQL Server, normally in >> Fullscreen, but in a windows is perfectly fine.. The only downside of MAC, >> is that Remote Desktop for MAC is low quality compared to the windows >> version, so when you need to access another XP machine.. the best way is to >> use remote desktop from inside VMWare fusion.. >> You will not be dissapointed at all.. My brother is running Windows 7 and >> it looked good too.. >> >> ALSO, my brother is using the new FREE mac Virtual Machine from SUN.com go >> check that out before you pay.. he says it works well >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Trevor <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> So this now sounds erncouraging. >>> >>> >>> >>> Does this mean you are using VMWare Fusion? (that’s what the apple store >>> seems to be offering) >>> >>> >>> >>> Can you run an XP or Windows 7 session inside a window on your Mac? >>> >>> >>> >>> If you can, I think my credit card is about to take a massive hit…. >>> >>> >>> >>> Trevor >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kyley Harris >>> Sent: Friday, 5 June 2009 7:47 p.m. >>> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List >>> Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] I reckon I need a new dev machine and... >>> >>> >>> >>> I have used parallels and VM ware perfectly fine under MAC.. using delphi >>> 2007. >>> >>> >>> >>> i use VMWare for all development.. I choose VMware for mac because I use >>> VMware on windows >>> >>> >>> >>> My brother is using Windows 7 under mac and its very fast too >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Trevor <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I'm looking at buying a Mac Pro. >>> >>> I hope I can get it to run D2009 in a VM using Fusion or Parallels. >>> >>> Is this a really BAD idea?, or has anyone else on the list done it and >>> made >>> it work? >>> >>> Trevor >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list >>> Post: [email protected] >>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic >>> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >>> Subject: unsubscribe >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kyley Harris >>> Harris Software >>> +64-21-671-821 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list >>> Post: [email protected] >>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic >>> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >>> Subject: unsubscribe >> >> >> >> -- >> Kyley Harris >> Harris Software >> +64-21-671-821 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >> Subject: unsubscribe > > > > -- > Kyley Harris > Harris Software > +64-21-671-821 > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe
