Hi
I use Parallels on my Mac at home for both Windows XP and Ubuntu - it
works fine for me when running the more number-crunching parts of CCP4
- haven't really looked at graphics programs like Coot & MG.
At work I'm running VMWare (Workstation 6.0.0) on a Linux box for
Vista, and that, too, is fine.
If anyone from Redmond is reading this, both my Windows licenses are
legit.
On 6 Jan 2009, at 17:55, Nathaniel Echols wrote:
> There are also options for virtualization of Windoze and Linux via
> the software Parallels although I have yet to test this out.
>
> Parallels is okay; I only use it for testing GUI code on Linux. It
> doesn't support multiple processors, which probably isn't necessary
> for most people. The graphics support was somewhat flaky in the
> past, but it now emulates 3D acceleration well enough to run Coot or
> PyMOL. I've heard anecdotal evidence that VMWare Fusion is better,
> but I've only used the Linux version.
>
> Unrelated advice: try iWork before spending a massive amount of
> money on MS Office. It's only about $40-$50 with the academic
> discount, and much less bloated. It'll still read and export Office
> documents, although I don't know how robust this is.
>
> -Nat
Harry
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