Comments on: VMWare rocks… http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/25/vmware-rocks/ Searching for world-changing technology Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: My Mac & Windows Under VMware - Awesome! http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/25/vmware-rocks/comment-page-2/#comment-116375 My Mac & Windows Under VMware - Awesome! Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:23:46 +0000 http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/?p=4085#comment-116375 [...] on the Mac rather than Parallels. I trusted him and went with it, and polls that Vanessa and Scoble have done seem to back him up. Add me to the converted. It’s [...] [...] on the Mac rather than Parallels. I trusted him and went with it, and polls that Vanessa and Scoble have done seem to back him up. Add me to the converted. It’s [...]

]]> By: DiscCloud http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/25/vmware-rocks/comment-page-2/#comment-95557 DiscCloud Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:26:48 +0000 http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/?p=4085#comment-95557 Try running your Mac in the cloud. :) and on VMware. 100% legal and Apple license compliant. Bring all the benefits of VMware ESX to Mac desktops. Learn more at http://disccloud.ning.com Try running your Mac in the cloud. :) and on VMware. 100% legal and Apple license compliant. Bring all the benefits of VMware ESX to Mac desktops. Learn more at http://disccloud.ning.com

]]> By: DiscCloud http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/25/vmware-rocks/comment-page-2/#comment-222250 DiscCloud Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:26:00 +0000 http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/?p=4085#comment-222250 Try running your Mac in the cloud. :) and on VMware. 100% legal and Apple license compliant. Bring all the benefits of VMware ESX to Mac desktops. Learn more at http://disccloud.ning.com Try running your Mac in the cloud. :) and on VMware. 100% legal and Apple license compliant. Bring all the benefits of VMware ESX to Mac desktops. Learn more at http://disccloud.ning.com

]]> By: Tips, tricks and tools for the Windows/Mac switcher « Dave Nicoll’s personal blog http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/25/vmware-rocks/comment-page-2/#comment-95556 Tips, tricks and tools for the Windows/Mac switcher « Dave Nicoll’s personal blog Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:36:21 +0000 http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/?p=4085#comment-95556 [...] you’re considering Parallels, I wouldn’t bother. Most users agree VMware Fusion is a more stable product and generally performs better. Afterall, it comes from a [...] [...] you’re considering Parallels, I wouldn’t bother. Most users agree VMware Fusion is a more stable product and generally performs better. Afterall, it comes from a [...]

]]> By: Charles http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/25/vmware-rocks/comment-page-2/#comment-95545 Charles Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:13:47 +0000 http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/?p=4085#comment-95545 I own both VMWare and Parallels. Even though VMWare is faster, it has some drawbacks that leave me using Parallels instead. 1. I use SecureCRT for Windows to access the character-based version of the back-office software my company resells. The software (SouthWare Excellence Series) uses keystrokes that VMWare doesn't properly pass to the program, but Parallels does. (I'll eventually get around to reporting this to VMWare to see if they can resolve it.) 2. Parallels allows me to double-click a file in Finder and open it in a Windows program. This is important because a lot of my clients send me MS Office files, and it just saves time to be able to default to opening in Office XP. 3. In Parallels, if I have a Windows program open, I can drag a file from the finder into the programs application window, and Parallels will translate the UNC path and open the file from the "network". This also works in a file open dialog on Windows; just drag the file from Finder to the file open dialog, and it translates the path. The same action causes VMWare to copy the file to the Windows VM before opening it - so I'm not actually editing the original, but a copy of it. Perhaps VMWare has improved some of these issues with its latest update; I just haven't had time to test. I own both VMWare and Parallels. Even though VMWare is faster, it has some drawbacks that leave me using Parallels instead.

1. I use SecureCRT for Windows to access the character-based version of the back-office software my company resells. The software (SouthWare Excellence Series) uses keystrokes that VMWare doesn’t properly pass to the program, but Parallels does. (I’ll eventually get around to reporting this to VMWare to see if they can resolve it.)

2. Parallels allows me to double-click a file in Finder and open it in a Windows program. This is important because a lot of my clients send me MS Office files, and it just saves time to be able to default to opening in Office XP.

3. In Parallels, if I have a Windows program open, I can drag a file from the finder into the programs application window, and Parallels will translate the UNC path and open the file from the “network”. This also works in a file open dialog on Windows; just drag the file from Finder to the file open dialog, and it translates the path. The same action causes VMWare to copy the file to the Windows VM before opening it – so I’m not actually editing the original, but a copy of it.

Perhaps VMWare has improved some of these issues with its latest update; I just haven’t had time to test.

]]> By: Charles http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/25/vmware-rocks/comment-page-2/#comment-222240 Charles Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:13:00 +0000 http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/?p=4085#comment-222240 I own both VMWare and Parallels. Even though VMWare is faster, it has some drawbacks that leave me using Parallels instead. 1. I use SecureCRT for Windows to access the character-based version of the back-office software my company resells. The software (SouthWare Excellence Series) uses keystrokes that VMWare doesn't properly pass to the program, but Parallels does. (I'll eventually get around to reporting this to VMWare to see if they can resolve it.) 2. Parallels allows me to double-click a file in Finder and open it in a Windows program. This is important because a lot of my clients send me MS Office files, and it just saves time to be able to default to opening in Office XP. 3. In Parallels, if I have a Windows program open, I can drag a file from the finder into the programs application window, and Parallels will translate the UNC path and open the file from the "network". This also works in a file open dialog on Windows; just drag the file from Finder to the file open dialog, and it translates the path. The same action causes VMWare to copy the file to the Windows VM before opening it - so I'm not actually editing the original, but a copy of it. Perhaps VMWare has improved some of these issues with its latest update; I just haven't had time to test. I own both VMWare and Parallels. Even though VMWare is faster, it has some drawbacks that leave me using Parallels instead.

1. I use SecureCRT for Windows to access the character-based version of the back-office software my company resells. The software (SouthWare Excellence Series) uses keystrokes that VMWare doesn’t properly pass to the program, but Parallels does. (I’ll eventually get around to reporting this to VMWare to see if they can resolve it.)

2. Parallels allows me to double-click a file in Finder and open it in a Windows program. This is important because a lot of my clients send me MS Office files, and it just saves time to be able to default to opening in Office XP.

3. In Parallels, if I have a Windows program open, I can drag a file from the finder into the programs application window, and Parallels will translate the UNC path and open the file from the “network”. This also works in a file open dialog on Windows; just drag the file from Finder to the file open dialog, and it translates the path. The same action causes VMWare to copy the file to the Windows VM before opening it – so I’m not actually editing the original, but a copy of it.

Perhaps VMWare has improved some of these issues with its latest update; I just haven’t had time to test.

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