Thank you to everyone who responded. I will definitely take your comments into account when making my decision.
Pat -----Original Message----- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+pat.christenson=morningstar....@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alan Litchfield Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 5:49 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Bootcamp vs. Parallels or VM, WAS: FrameMaker and Salesforce Indeed yes. The more you can assign, the better your experience. When I am giong to do intensive work in FM, Visio, etc, I assign 8Gb. Alan On 10/03/16 10:31 am, Scott Prentice wrote: > You do need more RAM for VMs. An easy rule of thumb is 4GB per OS .. 4 > for the Mac, and 4 for each VM. I've got 16GB, and that works great > for > 3 OSes. > > ..scott > > > > On 3/9/16 1:17 PM, John Sgammato wrote: >> Hi Pat, >> I got my MacBook Pro in November 2012. >> First I asked for a Windows machine. That was rejected. >> Then I tried VirtualBox, and that did not work well for a number of >> reasons that I no longer recall. >> (I had plenty of support from well-meaning engineers.) Then one of >> those well-meaning engineers took my Mac home over the weekend and >> when I got it back it was great. He had configured Bootcamp to use >> virtually all the Mac resources and since then it has been a Windows >> machine, first Win7 and now Win10 with TCS 2015. >> I was just talking to our IT guy. I am due for an upgrade, but I told >> him that I don't want it because my system ain't broke, so please >> don't fix it. >> About 21 months ago, we added two more writers. They got Macs, but >> set up Parallels. Parallels was a resource hog and their systems >> never ran as well as my older Bootcamp one. In December, they >> switched to Bootcamp, with happy results. >> I recommend Bootcamp over Parallels or VirtualBox for our kind of work. >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Pat Christenson < >> pat.christen...@morningstar.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, John - >>> >>> I've run FrameMaker under both Parallels and VMware Fusion but have >>> only used in on a Windows platform for the last several years. I may >>> soon be in a position to use a Mac again. I'm curious about your >>> preference for Bootcamp (which I've never used). I would also love >>> to hear from other Framers on this topic. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Pat Christenson >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> John Sgammato wrote: >>> >>> In other news, we are also a Mac house. Over three years of >>> trial-and-error, we have determined that our best setup is Bootcamp >>> on the Mac, not Parallels and not VirtualMachine. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Robyn Chittister >>> <rchittis...@vlocity.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Does anyone use FrameMaker and then integrate that documentation >>>> with Salesforce? >>>> >>>> I'm 1 of 1-1/2 technical writers at a start up that creates cloud >>>> apps for Salesforce. We are currently using Salesforce Knowledge to >>>> create and deliver our documentation. Knowledge is possibly the >>>> worst documentation tool I have ever used. We've been looking at >>>> various single-sourcing solutions, and we're down to MadCap Flare >>>> and FrameMaker. >>>> >>>> I'm a FrameMaker user from way back - I started with FM+SGML 5.5 in >>>> 1999. I developed templates and tools for FM+SGML and FM+XML from >>>> 1999-2005. I've used FM 12 in an unstructured environment, and am >>>> happy to see the improvements. I'm not sure how many improvements >>>> there have been in the structured environment, however. I've tried >>>> to contact Adobe, and have gotten a human being to say he'll give >>>> my questions to a solutions specialist to answer. Knowing Adobe, >>>> I'm not >>> going to hold my breath. >>>> My questions are: >>>> >>>> - Is anyone here writing doc for Salesforce or Salesforce apps? >>>> If so, >>>> what tools do you use? >>>> - Is there a good comparison of the most recent versions of >>>> Flare v. >>> FM? >>>> The only ones I've been able to find are from several years ago. >>>> - Is anyone here using FM+XML (either v12 or 2015) who could >>>> answer >>> some >>>> specific questions I have about it? >>>> >>>> >>>> We're a Mac house, so I can't just download the trial versions. We >>>> understand that we will need to get me set up with a VM and Windows >>>> to use the software we choose. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. >>>> >>>> ~Robyn >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> *Robyn Chittister | Senior Technical Writer* >>>> >>>> E: rchittis...@vlocity.com | P: 925.695.5710 | W: >>>> www.vlocity.com <http://www.vlocity.com/> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> This message is from the Framers mailing list >>>> >>>> Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's >>>> homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ >>>> Subscribe and unsubscribe at >>>> http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com >>>> Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> <http://www.actifio.com/> *John Sgammato, Documentation >>> Architect* >>> *e* john.sgamm...@actifio.com *c* 508.927.2083 >>> *t* @actifiodocs <http://twitter.com/actifiodocs> >>> >>> 333 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451 >>> <http://twitter.com/actifio> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/399246> >>> <https://plus.google.com/102870897962348937868/posts> >>> <http://www.youtube.com/user/actifio> <http://www.actifio.com/> >>> >>> *Manage, access, and protect your data with a single platform that >>> saves you time, money, and complexity.* >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> This message is from the Framers mailing list >>> >>> Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's >>> homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ >>> Subscribe and unsubscribe at >>> http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com >>> Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> This message is from the Framers mailing list >>> >>> Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's >>> homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ >>> Subscribe and unsubscribe at >>> http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com >>> Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's > homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com -- Dr Alan Litchfield AlphaByte PO Box 1941 Auckland, New Zealand 1140 _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com