[BNM] Going Mac

[Alan Newman]

Hi,

Yeah, it all sounds great...but I just want to be able to do browser  
testing in IE6/7 on my MacBook....

Shelling out 40 quid for Parallels seems a far easier and less hassle!  
It pays for the hours work in itself!

- Alan

On 4 Nov 2008, at 16:03, Antony Jones wrote:

> Ah, I see.
>
> Well - it looks like you might be on a bit of a compile-a-thon then!
> Tell you what, buy VMWare, install Linux in a VM, then use 'aptitude
> install virtualbox-ose' inside that VM.
>
> TADA!
>
> Ant
>
> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 15:57 +0000, Alan Newman wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well I like to respect licensing as far as possible....the PUEL
>> version isn't really appropriate.
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> - Alan
>>
>> On 4 Nov 2008, at 15:11, Antony Jones wrote:
>>
>>> My apologies - I just realised that you want the OSE version
>>> _specifically_ - Any reason for wanting it? the PUEL one works  
>>> better
>>> with USB...
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 14:52 +0000, Alan Newman wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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