I use a VM to be able to run SQL server express and have CF on the OSX "talk" to it. It work really nicely and have had no issues with it. When I am not doing dev on the system I need the SQL server on I just "shut down" the vm which freezes it and then "boots" right back up to the same state.
Getting ready to do some railo testing so a nice CENTOS install on a VM that talks to the other sql server instance will keep everything nice and tasty -J.J. On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ah - so really, you are booting into Windows. I use OSX exclusively and > Parallels is just something I use very very occasionally. I already have my > RAM maxed out and I don't think I will ever want to boot directly to > Windows (so I don't have Boot Camp installed). Mainly I was curious about > running Windows as a VM in Parallels, which for me is barely usable it's > so slow. > > -Cameron > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Pierre Demester <pie...@demester.com>wrote: > >> >> "... you've done to speed it up..." >> >> No... except I installed bootcamp first. >> >> I think - most people do not use bootcamp. Boot camp does take up extra >> memory. >> >> I use bootcamp - to boot directly to Windows - so that OSX is not even >> loaded. >> >> This speeds up the OS a lot... but it kinda defeats the purchase of buying >> a >> Mac. >> >> Why boot to windows is you are buying a Mac ??? - is a question I've gotten >> a lot. >> >> If you to boot directly into OSX + Parallels - you are interpreting >> Windows... but if most of what you do is in OSX... that's the better root. >> >> Windows running through Parallels and OSX has always been decent (for >> me)... >> just not quite as fast as directly into Windows. >> >> With my first Mac... I didn't care about Mac OSX. I was and still am more >> comfortable with Windows. >> >> I was more interested in the size of the Mac. When I bought a Mac 17... it >> weighed less than 1/2 of the lightest (similar powered) Windows laptops - >> and it cost more. But for someone who needed to lug the laptop around a lot >> - size / weight was very important. >> >> Even today - I don't use Mac OSX that much... especially now that the Ultra >> Lights are available. Weight is no longer a consideration. >> >> Usage will affect it speed. For (windows) video - I boot directly into >> Windows... as running WMV files in OSX can be sllllooooooowwww. Many times, >> I will have 4 or 5 video open at the same time. In Windows this is not an >> issue. In Parallels... it IS an issue. >> >> I'm not a use fan of Quick Time... or Flip4Mac either. I would rather use >> Media Center Classic. >> >> The 2 biggest things with Parallels is how much ram it has >> >> And how much disk space is allotted to the Windows partition. >> >> Remember - since Parallels treats Windows "as a file"... the will be a lot >> of disk caching. >> >> Increasing either of these (as with Windows) will probably help. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351566 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
