[AccessD] OT Kinda: New Computer

Doug,

Please pardon my ignorance...

You run a Mac OS...and then from there you run a VM ( or more than 1) running windows?

Thanks again,

Mark A. Matte


> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:51:51 -0700
> From: dbdoug at gmail.com
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Kinda: New Computer
>
> This is a copy of an email I sent to Mark privately (didn't want to get my
> hand spanked), but now that the topic is not so off-topic, it might be of
> interest:
>
> I bought my first Macbook (13") a couple of months ago, and am using it as
> my secondary development machine for all my Access databases (when I'm out
> of the office, which is quite often). I use VMWare Fusion, and have
> separate virtual machines set up for all the different versions of Access
> that I use (97, 2000, 2003, 2007). It works very well.
>
> Things I've learned:
> 1. When you set up a virtual machine, 8 gb is barely enough for Win XP Pro
> and Office. If you try to enlarge a VM it is tricky (needs a Linux CD).
> 2. 2GB RAM is barely enough for 1 VM; I have now gone to 4GB and it will run
> 2 VMs nicely.
> 3. If you change the RAM usable for a VM after setting it up, Windows needs
> to be reactivated. It's gone through automatically every time so far, but
> it gave me a heart attack the first time.
>
> One other item: the keyboard differences are a bit of a nuisance. I've
> found that I need to have the On-Screen Keyboard from Microsoft handy for
> things like 'Break'.
>
> Doug Steele
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