Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sat Sep 15 02:10:14 CDT 2012
No matter how much ram I upgrade, I never seem to have enough. Browsers are simply memory hogs. On 2012-09-14, at 10:07 PM, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > 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 >> > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com