On Nov 29, 2007, at 5:41 PM, mabshoff wrote:
>> So, hypothetically speaking, if I wanted to help with windows >> development, what are my options for getting windows running on my >> macbook? >> > > With bootcamp you can install Windows in a separate partition. VMWare > Fusion lets you virtualize it (there is a free VMWare player, not sure > if it exists for Windows), Parallels is quite nice also, but also > costs some money. You need a windows license to install Windows > itself. So I would need to upgrade to 10.5.x ($$), and buy a copy of windows ($$), if I wanted to do this legally. That's quite a hurdle. > Another option is to use telnet and/or ssh to log into a Windows box > remotely. There are also various other protocols to access Windows on > a framebuffer level. It might be a good idea in the long term to set > up a box at U Washington to have a homogeneous development environment > and so on. If this can be done, that could be a great help. I do have access to my wife's windows machine, but it has a habit of freezing fairly regularly, and to be honest I don't enjoy using it very much. david --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---