Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Fri Sep 14 23:09:14 CDT 2012
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