Ed Leafe wrote: > On May 10, 2007, at 9:24 AM, Paul Newton wrote: > > >> Can one run VFP this way ? >> > > Sure. > > >> If so, do you run VFP this way (I think not) ? If not, why not ? >> > > I do it all the time. I used to have a separate machine running > Win2K TS, and use Microsoft Remote Desktop from my Mac to connect to > the TS session on that server. But now I have several VMs with > Microsoft OSs, as well as several Linux VMs, and I run them all on my > MacBook. > > >> Presumably one can use this software to install multiple Windows OSs ? >> > > Exactly. Each different VM is simply a file; a hard disk image that > the VM software uses. Each OS is installed on a different disk image. > > What's cool now is that I'm working on a Python project that needs > to run in Windows, but I much prefer to edit the code in BBEdit, a > Mac text editor. So I set up the project folder on my Mac, and then > configure the WinXP VM to share that folder. So I can edit the code > in BBEdit, and then click on the adjoining WinXP window and test it. > Click back, edit some more, click back, test, etc. > > > So for developers considering getting a Mac instead of a PC the next time around, this is the approach you'd advocate?
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