Richard, VirtualBox was mentioned at least 3 times. I like Parallels too, but I like VirtualBox just as much feature-wise and it beats Parallels because of the price.
I agree that a PC might be a better solution, but it isn't always possible to fit a PC in your backpack :-) -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Become our partner in sales http://qery.us/1bq Start selling Color Converter today. 20% commission! On 3 jan 2012, at 18:59, Richard Gaskin wrote: > jvalle wrote: >> starting with an old Macbook would like to know your expert opinion about >> what >> is the best virtualization solution to run Windows on Mac, from a developer >> point of view. > > With any VM the key is RAM. The more the merrier. Anything less than 2GB > will make VMs really difficult to work with. > > I'm surprised no one here has mentioned VirtualBox: > <https://www.virtualbox.org/> > > I'd used Parallels for years, even met the devs at a MacTech conference and > have been very impressed. But then Mark Wieder suggested I try VirtualBox, > and in my experience it loads VMs from a saved state so much faster than > Parallels that I've switched all my VMs to it. > > Extra bonus points: it's free an open source, so you can try it out at no > cost, and if it doesn't do what you need you'll lose nothing. > > But I'd be surprised if you weren't impressed with it. VirtualBox may not > have all of the features of Parallels, but with the shared Clipboard, shared > folders, and so many other useful options I've found it very satisfying. And > the performance has been pretty much unmatched on the three machines I use it > on (Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, and Dell laptop). > > Since this is an older Mac, if RAM is scarce you might consider picking up a > used PC from Craig's List or Ebay. I've bought quite a few computers through > each, and have saved a great deal of money. > > And if you've been curious about learning more on the hardware side of > things, building your own PC can save you even more. > > Consider this DIY rig from NewEgg: > <http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.752616> > > A Sandy Bridge CPU in an expandable case for just $188. Add a hard drive and > you're good to go with a fairly nice little system. > > Heck, that's pretty much the cost of Parallels, and you get an whole computer > instead. :) _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
