Re: Witango-Talk: [OT] Mac OS question

Sat, 27 May 2006 14:08:05 -0700

Before I was able to purchase minis for my devs, I had just one setup, using OSXVnc. You just set it up, plug in network, and it just sits there headless, and multiple people can login and test. You can even setup so that mult people have can concurrent desktop sessions with OSXVnc. So it can be done with very little investment. Especially if you buy something used off ebay, but the mini is so ideal, cuz you can put it under your desk, or anywhere, it is so small, and no monitor, so it just begs to work headlessly. For extra security, you can also lock the mini down with the firewall, and use OSXVnc to only allow VNC if tunnelled through SSH. so the mini only listens on one port, 22, all else is locked down, and and it only accepts secure ssh logins, and you just tunnel vnc or timbuktu through that.

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On May 27, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Stephen Smith wrote:

I'm not sure what form of testing you are hoping for but if is to test an application that will eventually be viewed on a Mac, then using any form of VM is not the way to go. I don't trust VM for true testing of an end user's experience.

Also look into the cost of OS X on it's own vs. the cost of a Mini. According to the Apple Canada web site:

Mac Mini $699 in the base configuration which includes OS X
Mac OS X $149 for single user

$550 might seem like a lot but I believe that it will be well worth the investment. Especially if you run Boot Camp on it which will allow it to run as an extra Windows machine.

Just my 2 cents (which hey, is almost worth 2 cents US!!!)

Steve Smith

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On 26-May-06, at 9:27 AM, Scott Cadillac wrote:

For those of you in the know,

I am considering an attempt to install Mac OS X as a VMWare virtual machine, as a test environment for my apps with Safari and other Mac-based browsers. There are several unofficial instructions on how to do this, with a bit of searching.

My question is: Does the latest version of OS X automatically support Intel, or do I need a special version?


When I click on the link to buy, the hardware requirements simply says "PowerPC G5, G4 or G3 processor".

Any insight would be helpful, thanks.

Scott Cadillac, 


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