Hi Stephen, I used to think the same thing about Virtual Machines, but I've been using VMWare now nearly everyday for over 3 years now - and I've never encountered a visual or function difference in how a Virtual Machine performs over real hardware.
There is a slight performance decrease of course, when compared to the host Operating System, and full-motion video will struggle a little, but it's no less different than running on a real machine with slightly lower hardware specs than the host machine. I even spent two years doing a huge development project with Visual Studio, SQL Server 2000 and Crystal Report where the whole works was hosted inside a Windows 2000 Advanced Server running as a Virtual Machine. Never had a problem. I can boot all versions of Windows, and a wide matrix of browsers for testing. I even have Ubuntu Linux running for testing some real crap browsers. And as I type, I happen to be installing Windows Vista Beta2 - on the same machine. Ain't software fun? > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 1:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: [OT] Mac OS question > > 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 > > Oakbridge Information Solutions > Oakville Office: (416) 628-0793 > Cambridge Office: (519) 489-0142 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.oakbridge.ca <http://www.oakbridge.ca/> > > Certified DayLite <http://www.oakbridge.ca/daylite.tml> > Premier Partners > > > 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? > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/ > > 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, > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scott.cadillac.bz > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to > http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
