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On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:52:58 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> 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 
??? There are a lot more hardware options than that.
> Linux.
??? AFAIK, There are no versions of flight-sim or Corel Draw for Linux.
> 
> And should I attempt to run in parallel or just boot bloody windows when 
> needed?
>
Dual boot, I guess.
>
I checked Corel Draw's page at WineHQ and it has a checkered record on
Wine- it depends on what version of Corel Draw you need.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=440

Also, this story appeared on Slashdot yesterday, 
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/17/2235215

This shows that Wine has made some big strides, and may work for you,
depending on the app. (IMO, the Wine developers gave themselves the
benefit of the doubt when they rated Wine as "1.0" ready).

Virtualization works for non-gaming apps. There are a lot of
choices here. VMWare player is a simple choice. But
virtualization has limits; flight-sim will be better on real hardware,
IMO. You will probably need to dual boot for that.

OT: I tested VMWare Server 2.0 yesterday. It is a bit trickier to get
running than Version 1.0.x. My first impressions:
	* stable (first and foremost)
	* remote client's speed (in a browser, over a 100Mb link) is acceptable.
	* a step towards providing a uniform interface across all product lines
	(ESX, Server)

-- 
Douglas Mayne