On Oct 5, 2006, at 3:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When i'm at home I test on VPC Win2K... but XP's look is
sufficently different that i wonder if i shoudl not get XP and
install it on VPC with the thought that when i get my next Mac in a
couple of years (which will obviously be Intel) I could have it for
there ... (Vista would be out of the question until I get an Intel
Mac so it's not a concern right now in terms of purchasing XP)
I ONLY use Windows at home to test my RB apps and I don''t see that
ever changing unless Apple goes out of business!
Anway there is a $100 difference between XP home and XP
professional and looking at the blurbs on PC Connection I realy
don't see what the difference are and if they would matter to me!
Could someone please enlighten me?
Definitely grab a copy of XP for testing if you want to support it.
Since VPC lets you have multiple drives, keeping both 2K and XP
around is probably a good idea. As for the Home/Pro issue, I'd go
with Home if you're just looking for something to test with. I don't
think you'd see many differences between Home and Pro as far as
REALbasic coding goes. I test with XP Pro at work and XP Home at,
well, home. So far, everything I've tested on one has worked as
expected on the other.
FWIW, for the price, it's almost as cheap to buy an actual PC. That's
what I ended up doing. I already had an old 19" monitor sitting
around as I was able to pick up a decent PC for $300, including XP
Home. So much faster and so much easier to set up remote debugging.
Plus, now my daughter can sit next to me at my desk while I'm working
and play her games. :)
--
Brad Rhine
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://bradrhine.com
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