On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 08:18 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> In summary this is what I would do:
> 1. If you find a native accounting package that suits your needs, then
> use it

GnuCash does not appear to be adequate for business use.  I will check
further.

> 2. If you can run your accounting package under WINE, it should
> perform better than using a VM. (I was able to run QuickBooks under
> Crossover Office).

Based on the Crossover Office application list, Quickbooks 2004 was the
last version that worked.

> 3. Use a workstation VMM (like VMWare Workstation, Virtualbox,
> KVM/QEMU, Xen). Most can run Windows NT or Windows Vista. And
> remember, performance is very much a factor of memory.
> 
Unfortunately my laptop CPU flags do not include VMX.  I'm about due for
a new computer for myself, so that will ultimately solve the
virtualization issues.  I'd still like to avoid Vista.

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Lloyd Kvam
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