To run a Windows application on a Mac, you have to go the virtual machine route of running Windows with Mac OSX. While there are numerous how-to’s out there on how to get Windows up and running in Mac, once you get it going you might be interested in this post: How to Seamlessly Run That One Windows App You Need on a Mac. As I was scrolling through this,...

Continuing my recent trend of posting tips regarding virtualization, if you are utilizing virtual machines (VMs) heavily, a tool you might want to consider is Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. This tool offers much more with regards to resource allocation than Virtual PC (such as the ability to bind processors to VMs) and is completely free. If you only have a one...

I have become a big time virtual machine user (Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is my tool of choice), so as a result I am constantly starting up and shutting down various VM’s. I have found that a much faster way to both close and reopen a VM is to save the state and then resume from the saved state. The ‘Save State’ function is essentially the same...

Making the switch from Microsoft Windows or Apple’s OS X to Linux can be a daunting proposition for most people. There are a lot of negative myths, half truths and misinformation out there that scare many people off. Fortunately there are several ways to experiment with, and get to know, Linux that will not change your system as it is now. Method 1 –...

At work, I run Vista Business as my primary OS and I use several virtual PC’s (my tool of choice is Microsoft Virtual PC 2007) with Windows XP loaded on them so I can test development projects and have the ability to maintain a common “alternate” environment. For obvious reasons, this is preferred over having a different physical machine or a...

If you want to run one OS from inside of another OS (a guest in a host), then a virtual machine (VM) is the way to go. The great thing about VM’s is anything you do in the guest has no effect on the host so it is ideal for testing. While there are many choices available for any OS you use, one choice to consider is VirtualBox. Vi VirtualBox is an open...

I am of the opinion that Apple’s switch to Intel processors was one of the smartest moves they ever made. There are a variety of reasons for this at the hardware level, but at the software level, it provides the ability to run Windows natively. It also provides much better operation when running Windows inside of a virtual machine. Before Intel,...