Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-13 Thread Chris Broadfoot
James Ellis wrote: and remember that Wine is an emulation layer, it may not give the same results as virtualising Windows (which is a standard Windows install). It depends on how good the emulation is. For instance, before using virtualisation to test IE in XP, I was using Wine and

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-08 Thread Joe Ortenzi
I just ordered a new iMac I asked them to include Win XP OEM for £77 and Parallels Desktop for £33. Of course this OEM price is only for when you buy the computer... An iMac WITH a fully functioning, 100% legal Windows XP for ONLY an additional £110 (AND you can run multiple instances of

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-07 Thread kevin mcmonagle
note to anyone who wants to run ies4mac. install wine verstion .51 the current version doesnt work. -kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-07 Thread Joe Ortenzi
I found that out! darwine won't load them On Feb 7 2008, at 13:07, kevin mcmonagle wrote: note to anyone who wants to run ies4mac. install wine verstion .51 the current version doesnt work. -kevin *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-07 Thread James DeAngelis
Can't seem to find a mac link to download wine...my impression was that you needed darwine for this. Am i missing something? James De Angelis, Designer reactive www.reactive.com Level 1, 490 Crown Street p: +61 2 9339 1001 Surry Hills NSW, 2010 f: +61 2 9380 4787 Australia e:

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-07 Thread James Ellis
and remember that Wine is an emulation layer, it may not give the same results as virtualising Windows (which is a standard Windows install). It depends on how good the emulation is. For instance, before using virtualisation to test IE in XP, I was using Wine and ies4linux and not getting

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-03 Thread Terrence Wood
I perfer fusion over parallels. Cheapest option to run IE only has got to be http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/ which is free. I haven't tested it, so I'm not sure how accurate the rendering is compared to running a real version of windows. On Fri , kevin mcmonagle sent: Whats my cheapest

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-03 Thread kevin mcmonagle
it renders the same but the gui is forked. Terrence Wood wrote: I perfer fusion over parallels. Cheapest option to run IE only has got to be http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/ which is free. I haven't tested it, so I'm not sure how accurate the rendering is compared to running a real version

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2008-01-27 Thread kevin mcmonagle
thanks for the good reply's guys. I think im gonna try this one first: http://macapper.com/2007/11/29/ies4osx-run-internet-explorer-567-natively-in-os-x/ -best kevin Joe Ortenzi wrote: horses for courses. Worked fine on three of my leopards, two installed under tiger then updated to

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2008-01-27 Thread kevin mcmonagle
hi, just a quick follow up. After 20mins downloading and installing and no cost im running ie6 and 7 natively in tiger with ies4osx. It aint pretty but it works. -best kevin kevin mcmonagle wrote: thanks for the good reply's guys. I think im gonna try this one first:

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-01-26 Thread Joe Ortenzi
Personally I reccommend paralells or vmware fusion, my setup. Virtual PC does not work worth a damn after os 9. I bought an OEM copy of XP when I bought the Mac, less than £100. Not sure what currency you use. and parallels was cheap. you can use bootcamp if you like but I prefer within os

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-01-26 Thread Joe Ortenzi
That looks great Kevin. How does it compare for speed (native versus virtual) and stability. what do you mean written in Qt? On Jan 25 2008, at 09:34, James Ellis wrote: Hi Kevin One option is to use VirtualBox (virtualbox.org) which is virtualisation software written in Qt. Looks to

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-01-26 Thread Joe Ortenzi
horses for courses. Worked fine on three of my leopards, two installed under tiger then updated to leopard, one afterwards. I reccommend running it as reccommended and not tweaking very much. but give it plenty of RAM! but If vmware works for you, brill! one of my developers compared and

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-01-25 Thread James Ellis
Hi Kevin One option is to use VirtualBox (virtualbox.org) which is virtualisation software written in Qt. Looks to have Mac OSX host capabilities (http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=8) I use the open source edition in KDE and run all the Windows browsers in an XP guest for testing.

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-01-25 Thread Gregory Alan Gross
Had a terrible time on my Intel MacBook with Parallels Desktop; it refused to play nice with OS X Leopard. Wouldn't even install properly. Switched to VMware Fusion, and haven't had a problem since. g. On Fri , kevin mcmonagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: Hi, Whats my cheapest option for

[WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-01-24 Thread kevin mcmonagle
Hi, Whats my cheapest option for getting ie7 to run on my intel based mac. Is it basically an option between boot camp, parallels or virtual pc? Very frustrated with discrepancies at the moment. -best kevin *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-01-24 Thread Matthew Pennell
On Jan 25, 2008 6:08 AM, kevin mcmonagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whats my cheapest option for getting ie7 to run on my intel based mac. Is it basically an option between boot camp, parallels or virtual pc? Very frustrated with discrepancies at the moment. Yes - Parallels, VMWare Fusion, or