I choose a MAC at the time, because I liked the hardware, and I liked the size and design of the Laptop.. I am not using it for software anymore, because VMWare fusion is too cutdown for my taste compared to VM workstation 6 for windows.. I also found it annoying trying to access LAN shared folders and servers from the MAC.. everything inside the VM xp machine was fine though.. Last time i used it, you could only have 1 snapshot.. thats very annoying for me.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Jeremy North <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > >>> 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] > >>> 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] > >> 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] > > 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 > -- Kyley Harris Harris Software +64-21-671-821
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