From: "Robert Comer" 

>Your comments here (on this, and many other threads)
> have shown me the light regarding the usefulness of VMs. (thanks, btw)

  I really do feel it's the wave of the future.

I would love trying VM stuff on OSX too (or just plain OSX!), but I just
can't justify the hardware costs yet. :(

> For now, I am unfortunately comfortable with the configuration I have:
> media stuff on OS-X, most everything else on W2K.  Anything new I start
> to do goes on OS-X.  Eventually, the move of the W2K environment to an
> OS-X VM will occur.

Comfortable is *good* when it comes to computer stuff. At least I think so,
I've never been in that state.

>Not sure when that will happen, this is bicycling
> season in these parts and any spare time is spent pedaling my butt up
> and down the hills of southwestern Connecticut.  :)

Less frustrating and good exercise, sounds good to me.

--
Bob Comer


"/m"  wrote in message
news:7fcda29fim1h5thebqt9q6jurmnvenn7e6{at}4ax.com...
> On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 12:25:49 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
>>That's based on the Linux based "emulator" by
Codeweavers.  I really
>>wouldn't put it in the emulator or virtualization camp, it's pretty basic
>>and limited in what it can run.  Think of how Wine runs in Linux and you
>>get
>>the picture.  Personally, I wouldn't bother with this one and go for
>>something like VMWare when it comes out. (I don't know how the Parallels
>>product works.)
>
> I look at Wine as a Windows API emulator, not a CPU emulator; and I
> agree with you regarding Wine vs. CPU emulators and VMs.   I'm planning
> to go with VMs.  Your comments here (on this, and many other threads)
> have shown me the light regarding the usefulness of VMs. (thanks, btw)
>
> For now, I am unfortunately comfortable with the configuration I have:
> media stuff on OS-X, most everything else on W2K.  Anything new I start
> to do goes on OS-X.  Eventually, the move of the W2K environment to an
> OS-X VM will occur.   Not sure when that will happen, this is bicycling
> season in these parts and any spare time is spent pedaling my butt up
> and down the hills of southwestern Connecticut.  :)
>
> /m

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