there are several ways to skin this cat - anyone got any experience/preferences on running linux/windows on a mac? What would you recommend?
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Boot Camp
I use Boot Camp, fairly straight forward. Perhaps not as versatile as Parallels software but for the amount of time i have to run windows based software, it wasnt worth the outlay.
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I run VMWare on my iMac. I've got two flavours of linux, and two versions of Windows. VMWare is great!Comment
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I tried a virtual machine system and it was terrible. Really slow, and I couldn't get Windows to recognise the graphics card.
So I used BootCamp and it's great... with one big bug. If you have a MacBook with the multitouch pad, there are not proper drivers for this... scrolling and right-click support are really flaky despite it being reported hundreds of times to Apple. I literally have no way of right-clicking on mine using the trackpad, it's easy enough to plug in any USB mouse to remedy this but that's not always feasible.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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Does anyone have any reviews of Parallels Desktop for Mac?I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt, not that fancy store-bought dirt... I can't compete with that stuff.Comment
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...but was it VMWare and could you dedicate enough memory to the virtual machine? My virtual machines are fairly speedy but they're crap for game playing of course.Originally posted by d000hg View PostComment
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Old skool one button goodness!Originally posted by d000hg View Post
I had this problem when I first got my macbook and boot camp was in beta - there was a little program you could download that mapped control-click to the secondary click."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Cheese Louise... ^^^ click search... go on give it a try it really works...Originally posted by Rookie View Post"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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VM's work fine for general IT type stuff, either VMware, Parallels or Virtual Box ( free ). Otherwise Bootcamp if you need the full Billyware experience - for playing games for example."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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VMWare Server is free. Not sure if there is a host version for the Crapintosh though. I guess I could check... but I can't be bothered.Sval-Baard Consulting Ltd - we're not satisfied until you're not satisfied.
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