Sharing VMWare Windows Engine between users

2008-11-15 Thread Reg Whitely
Hi All WAMUGgers Where should I put my VMWare Fusion Windows Engine so it can be safely accessed by multiple users? At the moment it's in my documents folder but that's accessible only to me. If I put it in Applications, will that put its saved data and documents at risk? Should I

Re: Beijing Apple Store - for an idle moment

2008-11-15 Thread Susan Hastings
The whole complex was mostly deserted, with mainly Westerners in the Starbucks. Its in an area with lots of embassies, and relatively quiet. Macs cost more than in Australia and Chinese salaries are mostly much lower than here, only wealthy people would buy them I think. On 15/11/2008, at

Re: Installing Linux in VMWare Fusion with Leopard

2008-11-15 Thread Reg Whitely
Thanks Glen I'm looking at Ubuntu now. Reg On 15/11/2008, at 8:17 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: Ubuntu would be a good way to start for this kind of usage. User friendly and heaps of doco: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Hardy Glenn. 2008/11/15 Reg Whitely [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all

Re: Installing Linux in VMWare Fusion with Leopard

2008-11-15 Thread Reg Whitely
Thanks Kyle On 15/11/2008, at 8:32 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote: Hi Reg and Glenn I also would Recommend Ubuntu. Think you can download a ready configured VM from the VMWare Fusion Website I've searched and found this link. Hopefully it will download tonight. Reg -- The WA Macintosh User

Re: Installing Linux in VMWare Fusion with Leopard

2008-11-15 Thread Kyle Kreusch
Hi Reg Check this Link out VMWare Virtual Appliance http://www.vmware.com/appliances/ Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop with VMware Tools http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/54943 Kyle On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Reg Whitely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Glen I'm looking at Ubuntu now.

iMac 24 For Sale

2008-11-15 Thread Alexia Langley
If you've been toying with the idea of getting a 24 iMac STILL under warranty, then you're in luck! I'm selling my iMac which has been upgraded and customized: 24 iMac - Intel with iSight Built In 400GB HD Dual Layer Superdrive 4GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT with 256MB VRAM - arguably a

Re: WTB MacBook

2008-11-15 Thread Michael Kane Taylor
Many thanks to all for valued advice and assistance. Helen has bought a reconditioned MacBook from Apple; the prospect of a full warranty proving irresistible. Michael -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

orphan files

2008-11-15 Thread alcrom
Hello all. Is there a file hunter and deleter of left over files when an Application is trashed? Regards, Alan. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: orphan files

2008-11-15 Thread Severin Crisp
Yes, I strongly recommend AppCleaner, find it on Version Tracker. It is free too, but you need to use it to remove the application, not just to tidy up afterwards, though it will do that if you can recognise the bits and pieces. Severin Crisp On 16/11/2008, at 4:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]