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Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac

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On 2015-03-24, Ymir <agisaak.spamblock@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <cnakihFhle3U9@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-03-23, Ymir <agisaak.spamblock@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I've read various online reviews, but I thought I'd also ask here 
>> > whether anyone has opinions on the relative strengths of Parallels and 
>> > VMFusion for Virtualizing windows (and linux) on a Mac.
>> >
>> > This is for someone who would be using windows fairly infrequently, and 
>> > isn't particularly concerned about gaming.
>> 
>> Both are great at it. They tend to leap frog each other every couple
>> years in terms of features; but both are roughly the same and run
>> Windows at almost full speed for most operations. Through the years I
>> have preferred VMware Fusion because on the whole they seem to have a
>> bit better support and a better handle on their bugs.
>> 
>> While there is some 3D acceleration support, it typically requires
>> closer access to hardware than virtualization solutions provide to
>> perform well, which is why you wouldn't want to use a virtual machine to
>> do that sort of thing. For everything else, though, it's usually
>> downright zippy. 
>> 
>> Note: You do need to have sufficient free RAM to allow for the virtual
>> machine and guest operating system (Windows) to run well. If you are
>> running the latest Mac OS X (10.10 - Yosemite), I recommend having more
>> than 4GB of RAM installed - 8GB or higher would be preferable - for best
>> results.
>
> Thanks everyone for your responses.
>
> RAM shouldn't be an issue (32 GB), and nothing I'll be doing requires 
> much speed wise. I work with opentype fonts, and need to verify that 
> they work properly under windows and major unices as well as Mac, but 
> don't want to constantly reboot using Boot Camp.
>
> What I'm taking away from this discussion is that either will likely 
> meet my needs.

It sounds that way to me. As others have mentioned, if you want to do it
cheaper, VirtualBox is a good option as well (although more complicated
to set up and use, and without some of the nicer bells and whistles of
the others).

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Windows 8.1 on Mac Ymir <agisaak.spamblock@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 07:40 -0600
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-23 13:59 +0000
    Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Ymir <agisaak.spamblock@gmail.com> - 2015-03-24 00:49 -0600
      Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-24 15:12 +0000
      Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-25 08:04 +1200
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac eastender <email@domain.com> - 2015-03-23 17:46 +0000
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-23 19:12 +0000
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-24 08:14 +1200
    Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-23 16:40 -0400
      Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-23 17:01 -0400
        Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-24 11:07 +1300
        Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-23 18:26 -0400
      Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-23 21:47 +0000
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac claudel@sonic.net (Claude V. Lucas) - 2015-03-23 20:07 +0000
    Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-24 13:20 +1200
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-23 16:37 -0400

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