Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-26 Thread Alan Bourke
> OTOH I've updated over 30 machines from Windows 7 to 10 and have had zero > issues. These have all been decent quality Dell machines. If you spent as > much on a Windows PC as you're planning to spend on a Mac you'll be very > happy. > FWIW I've upgraded 5 or 6 Windows 10 boxes, and aside

Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-25 Thread Eric Selje
976393631 > > > > -Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech On Behalf Of Dave Crozier > Sent: 25 June 2018 10:15 > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac > > > > John, > > Been using Mac here as laptop solution for 5 years now us

RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-25 Thread john
I saw Price on Application I knew it would be too expensive for my simple needs  John John Weller 01380 723235 07976393631 -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: 25 June 2018 10:15 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac

RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-25 Thread Dave Crozier
e goods passes to the buyer the seller shall be entitled at any time -Original Message- From: ProFox On Behalf Of j...@johnweller.co.uk Sent: 24 June 2018 19:25 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac Never having been taught Unix I find Linux confusing. There are so many

Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-25 Thread Wollenhaupt, Christof
Hi John, > What are you using for the VM - VirtualBox? > I'm using VMWare Fusion Pro. When I started virtualizing development systems in 2007, most other products weren't ready. They either required a lot of fiddling around or weren't cross-platform (VMWare supports Mac, Windows and bare-bone

Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-24 Thread Ricardo Araoz
: 23 June 2018 20:44 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac Dne 22.6.2018 v 23:02 j...@johnweller.co.uk napsal(a): I have had a nightmare installing the latest Win 10 update. The only thing stopping me from throwing the PC out of the window and going out and buying a Mac

RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-24 Thread john
On Behalf Of Jan Bucek Sent: 23 June 2018 20:44 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac Dne 22.6.2018 v 23:02 j...@johnweller.co.uk napsal(a): > I have had a nightmare installing the latest Win 10 update. The only > thing stopping me from throwing the PC out of the

RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-24 Thread john
Sent: 24 June 2018 13:34 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac I've been using a Mac as the main development machine since 2009. Before that I had VFP running on an ESXi server in a virtual machine and RDPed into it. Windows 10 and VFP run in a virtual machine which is so

Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-24 Thread Ted Roche
On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 6:39 PM, Malcolm Greene wrote: > I made the move from Windows to Mac in Jan 2014. Had a few frustrating weeks > learning slightly different keyboard shortcuts. Since then I've never looked > back. Super stable. Zero support issues across 4 no-cost OS upgrades. High >

Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-24 Thread Wollenhaupt, Christof
I've been using a Mac as the main development machine since 2009. Before that I had VFP running on an ESXi server in a virtual machine and RDPed into it. Windows 10 and VFP run in a virtual machine which is so much easier to handle. Take a snapshot regularly and when things go bad, just turn back

Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-23 Thread Malcolm Greene
I made the move from Windows to Mac in Jan 2014. Had a few frustrating weeks learning slightly different keyboard shortcuts. Since then I've never looked back. Super stable. Zero support issues across 4 no-cost OS upgrades. High quality applications for all needs - I want for nothing. Highly

RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-23 Thread john
: ProfoxTech On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: 23 June 2018 21:30 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 3:41 PM, < <mailto:j...@johnweller.co.uk> j...@johnweller.co.uk> wrote: > It can't be any worse than the nightmare I've just

Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-23 Thread Ted Roche
On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 3:41 PM, wrote: > It can't be any worse than the nightmare I've just had installing the latest > update for Windows. When you run Windows on a Mac, you are running Windows on a PC, the generic name for "Personal Computers" which is another interesting topic. No

Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-23 Thread Mike
I'll second your experience. Out of 42 Win 10 Pro systems that have been upgraded, 1 failed to boot after the update and all efforts to recover the drive failed (believe me, I tried everything!) I ended up reformatting the SSD and reinstalling Win10 Pro. No, I can't prove it was the update

Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-23 Thread Jan Bucek
to maintain. I was told recently that I could run Windows on a Mac - has anyone any experience of running VFP under Windows on a Mac? Why Mac? I use Linux and WinXP in VirtualBox without any troubles for years. John John Weller 01380 723235 07976393631 --- StripMime

RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-23 Thread john
It can't be any worse than the nightmare I've just had installing the latest update for Windows. My wife's laptop had to go to a repair shop to get the BIOS fixed after the update trashed it. The update trashed my desktop 3 times requiring a clean install and a restore from an image! The

Re: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-23 Thread Alan Bourke
window and going out and buying > a Mac was the fact that I have a number of apps still in use written in VFP > which I need to maintain. I was told recently that I could run Windows on a > Mac - has anyone any experience of running VFP under Windows on a Mac? > > > > J

RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-23 Thread Richard Kaye
Only the 20 years of Windows updates if you're installing from the original media...  -- rk -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech On Behalf Of j...@johnweller.co.uk Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 5:15 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac Thanks Richard - I

RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-22 Thread john
< <mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> On Behalf Of <mailto:j...@johnweller.co.uk> j...@johnweller.co.uk Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 5:02 PM To: <mailto:profoxt...@leafe.com> profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: VFP in Windows on a Mac

RE: VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-22 Thread Richard Kaye
...@johnweller.co.uk Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 5:02 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: VFP in Windows on a Mac I have had a nightmare installing the latest Win 10 update. The only thing stopping me from throwing the PC out of the window and going out and buying a Mac was the fact that I have

VFP in Windows on a Mac

2018-06-22 Thread john
Windows on a Mac - has anyone any experience of running VFP under Windows on a Mac? John John Weller 01380 723235 07976393631 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html