[Discuss] os x = poop?

[blu at nedharvey.com (Edward Ned Harvey (blu))]

> From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On
> Behalf Of Eric Chadbourne
> 
> Hi Ed,
> 
> I can understand your point on using OS X as the host OS but that is more of a
> limitation of OS X and not the other operating systems.

Agreed.  But that's a philosophical point, which I've found, I never get any traction with.  I can bitch and gripe all I want about Apple's policies and how their products are designed to benefit *them* with consumer lock-in, etc etc blah blah.  Nobody's listening.


> How do you like vmware?  I?ve been using virtualbox for years but I heard
> recently there?s only one dev really maintaining it.  Too big a project for that.
> I wonder if it will be discontinued soon?

Virtualbox is really good for a free product.  But if you use it all day every day, as a professional, then there's no question about it, vmware fusion and parallels are better.  More features, better reliability, better performance.  Fusion and Parallels are each better in their own ways - ultimately it's a wash between the two.  They're both fine.  Being a techy person, I prefer the vmware style over the parallels style.