Comments on: Virtualization Technologies Improve on Intel Macs http://cavemonkey50.com/2007/06/virtualization-technologies-improve-on-intel-macs/ Tech in the eyes of cavemonkey50. Thu, 14 May 2009 00:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Z http://cavemonkey50.com/2007/06/virtualization-technologies-improve-on-intel-macs/comment-page-1/#comment-79974 Z Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:10:08 +0000 http://cavemonkey50.com/2007/06/virtualization-technologies-improve-on-intel-macs/#comment-79974 @Oskar Syahbana: VMWare Fusion is being made available for pre-order at $39.99. Check it out on their site: http://www.vmware.com/beta/fusion/buy.html @Oskar Syahbana: VMWare Fusion is being made available for pre-order at $39.99. Check it out on their site: http://www.vmware.com/beta/fusion/buy.html

]]> By: Andreas http://cavemonkey50.com/2007/06/virtualization-technologies-improve-on-intel-macs/comment-page-1/#comment-79959 Andreas Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:11:26 +0000 http://cavemonkey50.com/2007/06/virtualization-technologies-improve-on-intel-macs/#comment-79959 Thanks for convincing me to stay with VMWare. I've had a feeling that Parallels was more polished all along, but decided to stick with VMWare until it was out of beta (as in free), and then compare the two offerings. VMWare runs very smooth on my Mac Pro, that's for sure. 2 cores for Vista and 2 for OSX :) Only thing I'm bummed about is the new Unity feature. I was all excited, and then it seems it only works with XP and not Vista. Oh well, there is always tomorrow... Thanks for convincing me to stay with VMWare. I’ve had a feeling that Parallels was more polished all along, but decided to stick with VMWare until it was out of beta (as in free), and then compare the two offerings. VMWare runs very smooth on my Mac Pro, that’s for sure. 2 cores for Vista and 2 for OSX :)

Only thing I’m bummed about is the new Unity feature. I was all excited, and then it seems it only works with XP and not Vista. Oh well, there is always tomorrow…

]]> By: Oskar Syahbana http://cavemonkey50.com/2007/06/virtualization-technologies-improve-on-intel-macs/comment-page-1/#comment-79957 Oskar Syahbana Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:13:03 +0000 http://cavemonkey50.com/2007/06/virtualization-technologies-improve-on-intel-macs/#comment-79957 Parallel have done quite well for me (although it crashed several times that made my mac crashes too), but I might try VMWare a try. Any news on the pricing? @Jon: There's a "trick" to install Ubuntu (or even to run it) via Parallel. Do not choose Linux as your parallel OS, instead use Sun Solaris and all is fine for me. There's a tutorial about it somewhere, just google it. Parallel have done quite well for me (although it crashed several times that made my mac crashes too), but I might try VMWare a try. Any news on the pricing?

@Jon: There’s a “trick” to install Ubuntu (or even to run it) via Parallel. Do not choose Linux as your parallel OS, instead use Sun Solaris and all is fine for me. There’s a tutorial about it somewhere, just google it.

]]> By: Jon Christopher http://cavemonkey50.com/2007/06/virtualization-technologies-improve-on-intel-macs/comment-page-1/#comment-79956 Jon Christopher Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:16:33 +0000 http://cavemonkey50.com/2007/06/virtualization-technologies-improve-on-intel-macs/#comment-79956 I'm just getting into the virtualization market myself. After hearing such good things about Parallels for so long, I was honestly a bit disappointed when I gave it the trial run. Now, I'm not running the latest and greatest Mac, but it also seemed a bit sluggish to me. Not to mention I couldn't even get it to boot from an Ubuntu install CD the first four tries. Until Fusion comes out of beta (I wasn't able to get a successful install on that either) I'll be working with VirtualBox (http://virtualbox.org/) which is a FOSS app originally written for Linux, but offering a beta for OS X which seems to suit me just fine. I'm not after all the fancy features as the only thing I'll be doing in a virtual environment is browser testing. I just need it to work. I’m just getting into the virtualization market myself. After hearing such good things about Parallels for so long, I was honestly a bit disappointed when I gave it the trial run. Now, I’m not running the latest and greatest Mac, but it also seemed a bit sluggish to me. Not to mention I couldn’t even get it to boot from an Ubuntu install CD the first four tries.

Until Fusion comes out of beta (I wasn’t able to get a successful install on that either) I’ll be working with VirtualBox (http://virtualbox.org/) which is a FOSS app originally written for Linux, but offering a beta for OS X which seems to suit me just fine.

I’m not after all the fancy features as the only thing I’ll be doing in a virtual environment is browser testing. I just need it to work.

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