Re: [IxDA Discuss] VMWare vs. Parallels (was Re: A business case for switching Mac
On 18 Feb 2009, at 21:09, j. eric townsend wrote: VMWare also doesn't slow down your OSX install the way Parallels does due to how the virtual machine is implemented. I regularly develop for linux and OSX, running linux under a VMWare partition with no hassles. When needed, I also run a xp pro instance under VMWare, and it's also quite peppy. I'd also give VirtualBox a go http://www.virtualbox.org/ - I've been very happy using this as my XP/IE6 machine during testing. Much snappier than Parallels - but not as feature rich as VMWare. Can't beat the price though. Cheers, Adrian Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] VMWare vs. Parallels (was Re: A business case for switching Mac
VMWare also doesn't slow down your OSX install the way Parallels does due to how the virtual machine is implemented. I regularly develop for linux and OSX, running linux under a VMWare partition with no hassles. When needed, I also run a xp pro instance under VMWare, and it's also quite peppy. Biggest drawback (imho) is wasting all the disk and core space on another operating system. Alexandra O'Neal wrote: Our creative team likewise live in a Mac world, in a company dominated by PCs. The IAs have VMware to switch back forth and use Visio. Comparing VMware to Parallels, one of our top IAs reports preferring Parallels because it feels more like you're running a Windows app in an OS X environment, so the switch is less jarring. Personally, I move back and forth between separate Windows Mac environments, and prefer Mac for most things, but I don't think an either-or world is necessary. And a few years ago when I did network administration in a Mac + Windows + Unix environment, I did find Macs much easier to network and support than Windows. bests, Alex O'Neal UX manager -- The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The next best time is now. Patrick wrote: I recently worked for a company that was totally committed to the PC world, and the ENTIRE UX team were Macheads. Personally, I live in both worlds, and I don't see as much of a difference between Visio and Omnigraffle, and actually have work for clients stored in both formats (I run Parallels). I prefer to do work on the Mac, but it's not as much as a dealbreaker for me to work in Visio. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- J. Eric jet Townsend, CMU Master of Tangible Interaction Design '09 design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] VMWare vs. Parallels (was Re: A business case for switching Mac
Parallels is great for running the Mac OS and a Windows OS simultaneously. Example, when chaining audio applications you can have a PC only app open and chained to a Mac app, with dual monitors this is great. Can this be done with VMWare? I was dual booting with Fedora on my mac but those fine people at the mac store put an end to that... On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:09 PM, j. eric townsend j...@flatline.net wrote: VMWare also doesn't slow down your OSX install the way Parallels does due to how the virtual machine is implemented. I regularly develop for linux and OSX, running linux under a VMWare partition with no hassles. When needed, I also run a xp pro instance under VMWare, and it's also quite peppy. Biggest drawback (imho) is wasting all the disk and core space on another operating system. Alexandra O'Neal wrote: Our creative team likewise live in a Mac world, in a company dominated by PCs. The IAs have VMware to switch back forth and use Visio. Comparing VMware to Parallels, one of our top IAs reports preferring Parallels because it feels more like you're running a Windows app in an OS X environment, so the switch is less jarring. Personally, I move back and forth between separate Windows Mac environments, and prefer Mac for most things, but I don't think an either-or world is necessary. And a few years ago when I did network administration in a Mac + Windows + Unix environment, I did find Macs much easier to network and support than Windows. bests, Alex O'Neal UX manager -- The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The next best time is now. Patrick wrote: I recently worked for a company that was totally committed to the PC world, and the ENTIRE UX team were Macheads. Personally, I live in both worlds, and I don't see as much of a difference between Visio and Omnigraffle, and actually have work for clients stored in both formats (I run Parallels). I prefer to do work on the Mac, but it's not as much as a dealbreaker for me to work in Visio. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- J. Eric jet Townsend, CMU Master of Tangible Interaction Design '09 design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
