On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Ken Lauffenburger <k...@aavatech.com> wrote: > > One more recommendation for MacBook Pro. I bought this unit (17" > version maxed out) a year ago and I love it. No hardware or software > problems so far and screaming fast. I use VMware Fusion to run Gentoo > Linux on it and I am in that context at least 90% of the time. So far > I have developed 5 PCBs using gEDA on Linux/VMware on this unit. > Originally I had planned on installing Linux natively on the MacBook > using a separate partition (I have heard it works great) but I have > found that I like the ability to switch between OSX and Linux quickly > without a reboot. > --ken
I use a similar, but lower-end, setup, with Ubuntu under virtualbox on a 1st-gen macbook. It works, but I much prefer CAD work on a real desktop with a multi-button mouse. It's hard for me to even function in gEDA with the one-button mouse. How to you guys cope? Regards, Mark markra...@gmail -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markra...@midwesttelecine.com _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user