Re: I need windows, but don't want it!

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From: Espen Koht
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:30

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In article <slrngs2474.386.jason@jason.websterscafe.com>,
 Handover Phist <jason@jason.websterscafe.com> wrote:

> The Natural Philosopher :
> > So, given that the two apps I need are graphics intensive -- Corel draw 
> > and a flight sim - tell me which is better
> >
> > An Intel Mac
> > Linux.
> 
> What do you like better? If you need Windows, you can virtualize it on
> either OSX or Linux given enough hardware resources.
> 
> > And should I attempt to run in parallel or just boot bloody windows when 
> > needed?
> 
> If you have less than two gig of ram, I'd say yes. If not, Virtualbox is
> you friend on Linux, and I've seen the Windows run on a modern Mac even
> though I cant pull the name of the sandbox proggy it uses.

VirtualBox is becoming a viable contended on MacOS X (Intel) too. 
Otherwise there is Parallels Desktop, and vmware Fusion.

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From: Espen Koht <ehk20@cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: I need windows, but don't want it!
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