>> The boot times are so fast on the Intel Macs that I wonder if the reboot >> might be a very small inconvenience to have a native OS controlling >> the hardware. > > No need to wonder -- it's not. I'm happy with my current hardware, but > if I could run Windows in a window, I'd buy a new Mac today. Without > it, BootCamp is an occasionally useful curiosity.
I've found this thread quite interesting as several of you have obviously have had a very different experience than me. Though I've had lots of releases of Virtual PC over many years, I never found it truly useful as a developer. Things like drive access, network connections and interfaces, sound, optical drive access consistently hindered me. Because of this, I built a Windows PC well before I could really afford an have an extra computer just for testing. I immediately found that having a native platform to fully test my windows builds was invaluable. That said, it'll be great if virtualization solves the prior issues that hindered me. I've just visited http://www.parallels.com so I'll keep you posted :-) Keith _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
