Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Sep 15 00:07:59 CDT 2012
Which is why I put 8GB of RAM in my laptop. -- Stuart On 14 Sep 2012 at 21:09, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote: > The one main issue with virtualising (for me, that is) is that you end > up having less dedicated memory - more so than CPU resources. If you > don't need much, than all is good, but .NET/Java applications tend to > be pigs (and so is visual studio). > > Best regards, > Hans-Christian Andersen > > > On 14 Sep 2012, at 19:47, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > > > Almost certainly, a VM is emulated. However with the speed of hardware these days... > > > > John W. Colby > > Colby Consulting > > > > Reality is what refuses to go away > > when you do not believe in it > > > > On 9/14/2012 4:22 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > >> Thanks - do you know if there's any difference in speed, response time, > >> etc.? > >> > >> R > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby > >> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 10:29 AM > >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Bootcamp or Paralells - was RE: OT: iPhone/iPad > >> development on an MS Windows PC - noway? > >> > >> Bootcamp requires selecting which OS to boot into, i.e. only one of the OSes > >> is available at the time. Parallels runs Windows7 (or other OS) in a VM > >> under the Mac and thus both are available "simultaneously" which is less > >> intrusive if you ask me. > >> > >> John W. Colby > >> Colby Consulting > >> > >> Reality is what refuses to go away > >> when you do not believe in it > >> > >> On 9/14/2012 1:07 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > >>> If I want to run my commercial app on a Mac and recommend how to do it > >>> to clients who want to use Mac but run my app, which is better - > >>> Bootcamp or Parallels? > >>> > >>> Rocky > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > >>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Steele > >>> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 9:44 AM > >>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > >>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: iPhone/iPad development on an MS Windows PC > >>> - noway? > >>> > >>> Hi Shamil: > >>> > >>> You can always use Bootcamp which effectively runs Windows directly on > >>> a Mac. > >>> > >>> I've got a fairly new Macbook Pro - 2.3ghz I5, 8gb ram. I just did > >>> some quick timing tests opening an A2003 database and running a big > >>> report. I also did the same on my older 2.66ghz Core2 Duo 4gb Windows 7 > >> 32bit box. > >>> > >>> I just counted off the time manually, so this is pretty rough. But > >>> repeatedly running the same report on Bootcamp (32 bit Windows 7), in > >>> Parallels (64 bit Windows 7) and on the Windows machine all seemed to > >>> take the same time - about 12 seconds on all versions. > >>> > >>> Psychologically at least, my experience with using all 3 approaches is > >>> that I can't tell the difference. > >>> > >>> Doug > >>> > >>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Salakhetdinov Shamil > >>> <mcp2004 at mail.ru>wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi All -- > >>>> > >>>> I do like my Windows Phone 7.5(:)) and it has a set of features, > >>>> which are good enough for me currently, I like Windows 7 and as I > >>>> have written here several times I have no any objections on new > >>>> "Metro" UI for coming Windows > >>>> 8: desktop, tablet, phone. I suppose I'm rather effective VS2010/C#/... > >>>> developer, my customers like my work... > >>>> > >>>> ... but it .... "seems that the future of Windows development is > >>>> happening largely for corporate environments and customers. I don't > >>>> take issue with this other than being someone who doesn't live or > >>>> work inside a corporate environment at home..." (source: "50 Reasons > >>>> to Switch from Microsoft Windows to Apple's Mac OS X" - > >>>> > >>> http://chris.pirillo.com/50-reasons-to-switch-from-microsoft-windows-t > >>> o-appl > >>> es-mac-os-x/). > >>>> .. > >>>> > >>>> ... IOW I do plan to start learning iPhone/iPad (and Android) custom > >>>> development really soon and I have to find what is the most effective > >>>> yet as affordable as possible combination of hardware and software to > >>>> keep both MS Windows (desktop, Phone, tablet) and iPhone/iPad and > >>>> Android development... > >>>> > >>>> I suppose that getting a Mac instead of a PC is unavoidable but > >>>> should I additionally have an MS Windows driven box/laptop or running > >>>> MS Windows with Visual Studio on Mac under VMWare Fusion or Parallels > >>>> is as speedy as running MS Windows and Visual Studio on a "bare Intel > >>> processor metal"? > >>>> Does anybody here have a real life experience of MS WIndows > >>>> development on a Mac? Please advise. > >>>> > >>>> FYI: Some more links on the OT subject: > >>>> > >>>> A hardcore Windows guy gets a Mac > >>>> > >>>> http://www.davidalison.com/2008/02/hardcore-windows-guy-switches-to-m > >>>> a c.html iPhone Development On Windows - 7 Options > >>>> http://maniacdev.com/2010/01/iphone-development-windows-options-avail > >>>> a > >>>> ble/ > >>>> iPhone development on Windows > >>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/113547/iphone-development-on-windo > >>>> w > >>>> s > >>>> http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=537583 > >>>> Thank you. > >>>> > >>>> -- Shamil > >>>> -- > >>>> AccessD mailing list > >>>> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >>>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >>>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> AccessD mailing list > >>> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> AccessD mailing list > >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >