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jamied |
posted on 27th May 10 at 19:54 |
quote: thanks for this, works brill:thumbs: | |
ed |
posted on 26th May 10 at 08:47 |
Do you get full Magic Mouse support in Windows? I.E. can you configure right click? | |
JohnnyR |
posted on 25th May 10 at 11:04 |
I've only got 2GB of RAM, I assigned 512mb to the Windows machine in VMWare, which as you probably know is more than enough to boot with and launch programs such as browsers. | |
Sam |
posted on 25th May 10 at 10:52 |
quote: JohnnyR's set up sounds good though (i.e. installing Windows to a separate partition using BootCamp, then accessing it with VMWare within OS X) - especially the Unity mode thing - but if I'm running resource hogs like Photoshop for example in OS X, would that not severely affect the performance of Windows in the virtual box? | |
Sam |
posted on 25th May 10 at 10:49 |
quote: My local webserver has PHP installed on it. | |
Dom |
posted on 24th May 10 at 22:33 |
If it's just for testing then go down the virtualised route, eg: VMWare/Parallels, save you having to keep booting between Windows and OSX. Obviously bootcamp if you're going to be doing anything demanding (gaming etc). | |
JohnnyR |
posted on 24th May 10 at 21:49 |
I installed Windows 7 using bootcamp and then installed VMWare Fusion within OSX. From that I can access the Windows 7 Partition and boot into it like a virtual machine and I sometimes run it in what's called Unity Mode, which allows you to launch programs (e.g. Microsoft Outlook, IE) directly within OSX. | |
jamied |
posted on 24th May 10 at 20:00 |
Update. | |
John |
posted on 24th May 10 at 18:48 |
64 bit 7 works fine. | |
ed |
posted on 24th May 10 at 18:46 |
Oops, missed the x64 bit. | |
Andrew |
posted on 24th May 10 at 18:42 |
quote: Bootcamp is x86 sadly | |
Andrew |
posted on 24th May 10 at 18:41 |
Bootcamp works brilliant. Much faster than Virtual Box. | |
ed |
posted on 24th May 10 at 18:04 |
quote:Providing it's an Intel based Mac it will work. | |
Whittie |
posted on 24th May 10 at 16:43 |
Out of interest, how do you test php forms etc then? | |
Sam |
posted on 24th May 10 at 16:01 |
quote: Too impatient to wait for anything on Browsershots, also won't work for me anyway as I have a LAN webserver which the outside world can't see :lol: | |
jamied |
posted on 24th May 10 at 15:31 |
sounds silly but my dad has the 24" imac and the only version of windows lying around is 64 bit Windows 7. Do you think this will work? | |
Whittie |
posted on 24th May 10 at 15:21 |
I use - http://browsershots.org/ | |
AlunJ |
posted on 24th May 10 at 14:28 |
I use bootcamp, runs pretty well - takes a bit longer to boot than if you were on a pc but once it's running there's no difference. mind you I hardly use windows on here :lol: | |
adiohead |
posted on 24th May 10 at 13:04 |
I use bootcamp and have an XP partition. works really well. | |
jamied |
posted on 24th May 10 at 12:50 |
i also want to know this as my dad wants windows too | |
Sam |
posted on 24th May 10 at 12:47 |
Hi guys, |