On 1/3/2015 4:00 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
It may be possible to take the whole resulting image and run it under
VMWare Workstation (for Windows or Linux), but I haven't tried. VMWare
Workstation is more though ($250).
So VMWare Workstation 11 can run MacOS X (e.g. Yosemite), but it
requi
Holy cow, hadn't thought about that. I've been using a mac mini for a
desktop for years, I bet if you don't need the power of the MacPro, the
Mini would work fine. SDD is an absolute must, no disk. Helps with
portability too: less likely to fail.
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Gary Schiltz
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If she needs both portability and power, how about a Mac Pro (not
MacBook Pro) portable setup? Sounds like a contradiction of terms, but
check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTmDS-_SfpY. Heck of a lot
easier to get a decent loaner monitor than a loaner CPU that will run
everything from a flash
Barry -
Great/succinct experience!
I am still seeking a vehicle power-solution for the Macbook but have
gotten by with a small cigarette-lighter inverter, though sometimes I
think the quality of power is to sketchy for my charge-block and have to
"reboot" the inverter a few times to get thing
I got a "ship ASAP because I'm screwed" MacBook Pro 15" a year ago. It
has 500GB of SSD, and 16GB of RAM. I have to say, it is the fastest
computer I've ever owned, although there are some now that are faster.
One of my most common tasks (building with 45,000 files, of which a
handful have chan
: Saturday, January 03, 2015 3:18 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] advice on a most-portable computer
Eric -
As a Mac person, she doesn't have *lots* of choices, for better and/or
worse:
I can't imagine traveling without a screen/keyboard, depen
Dropbox too. One TByte for $100/year, and really easy to use. And can be
used on multiple computers, not a bad strategy.
On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
> Eric -
>
> As a Mac person, she doesn't have *lots* of choices, for better and/or
> worse:
>
> I can't imagine traveling w
Eric -
As a Mac person, she doesn't have *lots* of choices, for better and/or
worse:
I can't imagine traveling without a screen/keyboard, depending on the
kindness of strangers to provide a display and a keyboard, so I'd say
MacBook Air or MacBook Pro is the *only* choice.
With internal SS
Hi Everybody,
May I ask for technical advice, please, from you who are probably the most
knowledgeable and informed community I know?
I have a friend who is likely to spend the next several years in a very
high-travel situation, with six months or so in Asia each year and six in the
U.S., and
