I'd recommend everything below, except I'd load it all onto an Apple eMac (AU$1399 I think) running OSX with Virtual PC and OS9 loaded on, enabling you to test on all Mac browsers (over OS 9 & X) and pretty much all Windows browsers. I *think* you can go one step beyond that and run Linux-flavoured browsers with xWindows on OSX as well.
With a little work I'm sure you could have an AppleScript to launch a specific URL in all browsers at once too :)
eMacs come with Modems and Ethernet cards built in, talk well with Windows networks, can run an Apache/MySQL/PHP environment almost out-of-the-box, and take up bugger-all space on a desk, due to their all-in-one design.
Also worth factoring in to any number-crunching is the fact that Macs come with OSX/OS9.
No, I wouldn't recommend a OSX-VirtualPC set-up for everyday work (a bit slow), but for a test environment (if you care about Macs and even Linux-style apps), it's fast enough.
Justin French
On Thursday, January 22, 2004, at 05:21 PM, Brendan Smith wrote:
Well...
http://www.insert-title.com/web_design/?page=articles/dev/multi_IE <http://www.insert-title.com/web_design/?page=articles/dev/multi_IE>
This links shows you how to install multiple versions of IE on one box.
http://www.skyzyx.com/downloads/ ?PHPSESSID=8958b96e1df94b78ae42027617ed85f9 <http://www.skyzyx.com/downloads/ ?PHPSESSID=8958b96e1df94b78ae42027617ed85f9>
Give you links to IE browser downloads all the way back to v3.0.
Given that you can install multiple Mozilla, Netscape, Firebird and Opera browsers that will all work independantly (just get your profiles right for Netscape and Mozilla etc. Name a profile after each browser version you create it for.) no special voodoo is needed.
I'm currently running: IE 3.0 IE 4.01 IE 5.01 IE 5.5 IE 6.0 Opera 6 Opera 7 Opera 7.22 Netscape 4 Netscape 6 Netscape 7.1 Mozilla 1.5 Mozilla 1.6 and the browser [insert favourite Deity here] uses: Firebird 0.7
Ridiculous probably, handy often.
Brendan
PS No harddisk was harmed or partitioned in the making of this email.
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From: Universal Head [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 22/01/04 4:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] setting up a PX with old browsers
Does anyone have and advice or tips on setting up a PC with as many browsers as possible to do site testing? At the moment I have a PC with 2 partitions - WIN98 and WIN2000, with IE5.5 on the 98 parttion, and IE6 and Netscape7 on the 2000 partition. I'm keen to get some other browsers on there for testing but perhaps someone else has gone down this road before and has an optimal setup for a testing machine.
The PC does absolutely nothing else - just test sites! hee hee Peter --
peter gifford
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visit 7/43 bridge road stanmore nsw 2048 australia call (+612) 9517 1466 fax (+612) 9565 4747 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] site www.universalhead.com
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