On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Alan Stockdale <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Why wouldn't the installation of Windows be perfect? You are creating a virtual machine with a clean Windows install.
Alan
I have no idea why a particular 'clean Windows install' should be
imperfect - because there are so many possibilities. Intrinsic
imperfections in the two operating systems, the virtualization
software and the application(s) being used combined with the history
of operating system & application installs/updates/fixes/un-installs
on particular machines are probably the most obvious sources of
problems. A search on Google revealed many such 'imperfections' with
the Mac/Parallels/Windows/SoftwareX arrangement and their possible
sources. An application which gives problems on a Windows machine, is
- in my admittedly limited experience - more likely to give problems
in a Mac/Windows VM. It would be invidious to name applications which
my own, personal experience indicates are prone to problems under such
circumstance.
Clean installations on test machines by skilled and experienced
technicians and testing by skilled users is one thing, but
installation by average technicians on networks run by average
administrators and production use by average, often unskilled, users
is quite another. Making assumptions about production usability and
general compatibility based on tests conducted under ideal conditions
is at best dubious. If there are any weaknesses in an application a
horde of unskilled users bashing about are certain to reveal them.
I *personally* have found that the 'grapevine' is among the most
efficient mechanisms for providing a coarse screen for selecting
software - and for many other purposes. If anything - be it a make of
car, a software application, or meat from a supermarket - has a poor
reputation amongst those in "the business", then, in my experience,
that reputation is likely deserved. Perhaps because I have been a
mining geologist, I am immediately suspicious when anyone promises
perfection. And doubly so if the promiser is a developer, or sales/
support person.
Mike
Michael Mellody
Ecclesia Knowledge Management
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