VMware would probably be my chosen option if I HAD to run virtual machines from my laptop. But I'd much rather just leave a windows machine with a network connection running in the back closet and connect with Terminal Server if I had the option. With a half decent broadband connection - I'd much rather TS into the a remote windows machine then try and run a local virtual install.
Bootcamp would IMO be far and away the best way to run a web/sql/cf server from a mac laptop if you won't have a broadband connection. Chris Bernard wrote: > I've had very good luck with VM Ware, it's certainly worth a look if > you are using Parallels. I find the performance to be a bit a bettre > and the emulation 'tax' to be a bit less. In fact I've seen a number > of .NET developers actually run Visual Studio in Coherence Mode this > way. > > On Oct 9, 5:16 am, "<cfgroupie>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I agree with Kai. The only reason I run windows on my mac is for .NET >> development and SQL. If it wasn't for that, and the fact that I'm >> moving on from CF to .NET I wouldn't have it installed in the first >> place. Nevertheless, Parellels is my choice purely because I use co- >> herence all the time. out of site out of mind sort of thing. >> >> On Oct 9, 10:15 am, "Kai Koenig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >>> :) I just don't like Windows to have full control over my beloved Mac >>> hardware >>> and to give it it's own partition, that's basically it - and the reason why >>> I've made the switch anyway. It might not be a perfectly logical >>> justification, >>> but I feel more comfortable having Windows just in it's little >>> self-contained >>> environment on the Mac HD. >>> >>> To be honest, if some of my clients weren't on SQL Server, I probably >>> wouldn't >>> even have Parallels installed... Well - and for playing with CF/.NET >>> integration. >>> I do all my other CF/Flex development directly on the Mac. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Kai >>> >>>> Kai, >>>> >>>> Out of curiosity why don't you like Bootcamp? >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>>> Behalf Of Kai Koenig >>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2007 9:40 AM >>>> To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Parallels or Bootcamp? >>>> >>>> Ryan, >>>> >>>> I don't think there is a def right or wrong here. I personally do not >>>> like Bootcamp at all, I just run a Win XP VM in Parallels. >>>> >>>> There is another religious question to answer - Parallels or Fusion :) >>>> Again - some people are saying Fusion has a better performance - for >>>> my usage Parallels 3 is fine though, so I stick with it. >>>> >>>> The important thing to mention anyway is - give the MBP enough RAM, >>>> then it should be alright either way. I'm running 4 GB of which >>>> I've set aside 1 GB for the Windows VM - and that's fine for >>>> CF, IIS and SQL Server for a dev. setup. Maybe give it 1.5 GB... >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Kai >>>> >>>>> You should install Bootcamp and then install Parallels to run off the >>>>> Boot Camp partition. That way you'll get the best of both worlds. >>>>> >>>>> From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>>>> Behalf Of Ryan Sabir >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2007 8:20 AM >>>>> To: 'cfaussie@googlegroups.com' >>>>> Subject: [cfaussie] Parallels or Bootcamp? >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> We want to run a CF Server, IIS, and MS SQL Server 2005 on a Mac Laptop >>>>> under a virtual environment. Does Parallels have enough grunt to achieve >>>>> this? Or should I look at Bootcamp.. is Bootcamp stable enough? >>>>> >>>>> thanks- Hide quoted text - >>>>> >> - Show quoted text - >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
