[nycbug-talk] Microsoft VirtualPC for Mac

[Okan Demirmen]

of course, i just avioded the OP's question ;) i don't know is my
only comment ;)

On Fri 2004.06.18 at 14:56 -0400, Okan Demirmen wrote:
> On Fri 2004.06.18 at 14:42 -0400, marco at metm.org wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 02:03:42PM -0400, Kurt Miller wrote:
> > > I'm looking to replace my aging Vaio and am seriously considering
> > > a Mac. The one thing I will miss the most is VMWare. I use it on
> > > my laptop to work on OpenBSD ports while traveling. I think it
> > > would be fantastic if I could use Microsoft VirtualPC for Mac to
> > > run OpenBSD/i386. Anyone here tried it yet?
> > > 
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/virtualpc/virtualpc.aspx?pid=virtualpc
> > > 
> > 
> > KISS principle.
> 
> Sure, KISS. Though I must admit, I've considered Virtual PC as well.
> As much as I love running OpenBSD on my powerbook and i386 laptop,
> this industry forces me into using Windows apps such as Visio and
> Remedy and all the shit Cisco clients, etc, etc, etc. Having to
> reboot my i386 box back and forth is a pain. Eliminating one variable,
> by emulating it, is a good alternative, and why not on my fastest
> machine, my powerbook, though OSX is considerable slower than when
> OpenBSD is running. Frankly, I am so annoyed about the disk
> requirements of Windows and its apps that every few months I have
> to squeeze more room from my BSD paritions to give to Windows, which
> isn't trivial with screwing up both installs.  Emulating helps.
> 
> /end rant
> 
> Okan
> 
> > I've got to wonder why you would give yourself the headache of trying to
> > run two emulation environments. When you could run OpenBSD native on
> > another laptop.  Of course you could also run another free ppc os on your
> > iBook like I do.
> 
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