I originally bought Home, but at some point needed to do some RDP testing, which is a Pro feature. I think that currently my Parallels VM of Windows 10 doesn’t know it’s Pro, I need to track down the registration codes.
Anyway, RDP aside, I didn’t yet need Pro features, and was testing with the Home version. One of my needs is to support OpenGL 3.1, I haven’t tried VirtualBox to see if it handles that or not, so for now I’m happy with Parallels. > On Oct 6, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi > > I am just setting up Virtual Box now on my iMac. I need to purchase of copy > of Windows 10. I am just wondering whether people would recommend Windows 10 > Home or Pro. Any real difference when it comes to developing or testing? Is > it best again to stick to the lowest common denominator principle and go with > Windows 10 Home? > > Thanks. > > > Regards, > > Martin Koob > > > > > >> On Oct 4, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> >> All that said, I've enjoyed the convenience of VMs for decades, and a few >> years ago Mark Wieder suggested I try VirtualBox - never used anything else >> since. It's free and open source, and when I last used Parallels I found >> VirtualBox was able to restore sessions in a fraction of the time. >> >> With a VM you can share the Clipboard across OSes, as well as folders, >> hardware, and more. Being able to copy code from my dev OS into the test OS >> has been a godsend of a convenience more times than I can count. >> >> Running a second OS within your main OS will eat some RAM; Min. 8 GB, 16 GB >> feels luxurious. >> >> Whether virtual or physical, the OS choice is no choice: Windows 10 is the >> present and future of Windows. What I personally prefer doesn't matter for >> testing. I need what my customers use, and while it can be useful to spin >> up VMs with older Windows versions, Win10 is where the action is today, and >> tomorrow. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
