On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Musachy Barroso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 1:38 AM, Wes Wannemacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've had MSDN subscriptions in the past, it's handy to have access to > > just about everything they work on. For me, I was contemplating getting > > a copy of XP so that I can virtualize a machine with IE6 on it for > > testing example apps I am working on for my book. Then, when they > > offered the MSDN subscriptions, I thought, well that will save me some > > dough. > > > > you know you can run IE6 side by side with IE 7 on xp right? probably on > vista too. You can, but that's not without its own issues. I've seen bugs that appear only with a dual-IE environment, and not with either version of IE alone. Personally, I like to use multiple VMware images for this kind of thing. -- Martin Cooper > > > > As far as Visual Studio, etc... unless it runs under wine, I'm not sure > > if I can use it ;-) > > > > eww. > > > > > > -Wes, Has-not-booted-his-laptop-to-windows-in-months, Wannemacher > > > > I am playing Warhammer Online, so I need a dual boot machine :) >
