Hi
I use Parallels on my Mac at home for both Windows XP and Ubuntu - it
works fine for me when running the more number-crunching parts of CCP4
- haven't really looked at graphics programs like Coot & MG.
At work I'm running VMWare (Workstation 6.0.0) on a Linux box for
Vista, and that, too, is fine.
If anyone from Redmond is reading this, both my Windows licenses are
legit.
On 6 Jan 2009, at 17:55, Nathaniel Echols wrote:
There are also options for virtualization of Windoze and Linux via
the software Parallels although I have yet to test this out.
Parallels is okay; I only use it for testing GUI code on Linux. It
doesn't support multiple processors, which probably isn't necessary
for most people. The graphics support was somewhat flaky in the
past, but it now emulates 3D acceleration well enough to run Coot or
PyMOL. I've heard anecdotal evidence that VMWare Fusion is better,
but I've only used the Linux version.
Unrelated advice: try iWork before spending a massive amount of
money on MS Office. It's only about $40-$50 with the academic
discount, and much less bloated. It'll still read and export Office
documents, although I don't know how robust this is.
-Nat
Harry
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Dr Harry Powell, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre,
Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH
