Re: Running WDSC on a Mac

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,

I work with WDSc 7.0 every day with XP under Parallels Desktop on my mac -
have been since those last emails.. I use a Parallels mode called Coherence
where everything appears to run on the same desktop - mac and pc
applications together.

I gave my XP virtual OS 1GB of memory after some testing. I have 3GB memory
on my MacBook Pro. I do not have a comparable PC to test the speed, but it
seems to run reasonably fast - I can Verify quickly, and compiles are fast.

I have never used BootCamp, or Fusion from VMWare, so I have no comparison.
I do get occasional blue screen errors - which shuts down my XP virtual
machine, but I am 99% sure that is related to another Windows product I use
a lot. WDSc seems stable with this configuration.

Hope that helps,
Trevor


On 6/26/07 4:15 PM, "Mike" <koldark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Did anyone do this? I have feeling I am going to need to purchase a laptop
> by the end of this year and I really want it to be a MacBook Pro. This would
> be the one thing that might stand it the way if it doesn't work in Parallels
> or BootCamp. Not that I would think it would be a problem to run it...
>
> On 3/13/07, Trevor Perry <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Jon,
> >
> > I have the WDS 7.0 CDs. I have an Intel MacBook. I have Parallels (and I
> > downloaded vmware Fusion). I have XP. You got the time? :-)
> >
> > I am planning on doing this next weekend. I expect vmware Fusion will be
> > faster that Parallels, but I know XP under Parallels is faster than my
> > ThinkPad.
> > I will keep you posted.
> >
> > Trevor