[BNM] Going Mac

[Alan Newman]

Hi,

I doubt it's any different on a Mac to be honest...but the point is, I  
would have to look it up and work it out....it would probably involve  
MAKE and all sorts of bits and pieces. It's not worth it for 60  
quid...I just want it *to work*.

;-)

- Alan



On 4 Nov 2008, at 13:01, Antony Jones wrote:

> Hi.
>
>>> After looking at Virtual Box and the licensing - and I may be
>
>> completely wrong here - but it seems that Virtual Box is a hassle to
>> instal.
>
>
> What gives you that impression?
>
> I go to their site, download the .deb file for the Closed Source
> version, and it installs.
> If I want the open source version I type "aptitude install
> virtualbox-ose" into my console and wait 15 seconds or so for it to
> download and install.
>
> If it's more difficult on Mac then hey, what can I say. You should use
> something easy like Linux ;)
>
> Ant
>
> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 12:43 +0000, Alan Newman wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well, I've been wondering this myself...
>>
>> After looking at Virtual Box and the licensing - and I may be
>> completely wrong here - but it seems that Virtual Box is a hassle to
>> instal. It appears that the binaries only shipped under their  
>> Personal
>> Use and Evaluation Licence, where as the source is released under
>> their Open Source License.
>>
>> It strikes me that is is just easier to go and buy Parallels and be
>> done with it...
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> - Alan
>>
>> On 30 Oct 2008, at 12:09, AndrewGill73 at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I'm wondering why anyone would pay for Parallels when Virtualbox is
>>> free and
>>> does the same job ? - can anyone enlighten me ?? Thanks.
>>
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