I have been looking at my options lately with regards to Virtualization/running a PC operating system on my MacBook. Last year I trialled Bootcamp but found that the PC software I wanted to run just didn't work properly. So I started looking into other options. While running a holiday programme for kids I trialled VMware fusion, the week I used it I found it did what I wanted and requested that we trial it in our computer labs but our techie was not keen. So I kept my eye open for other options. I then came across Parallels, Andy Feild was the one who mentioned it and I downloaded a trial but just before I bit the bullet and bought the software Miguel Guhlin mentioned in a New Years Day tweet VirtualBox. Here is a link to a beginners guide.S0 thanks to Miguel I think I saved some $ and have a PC operating system on my Mac!
Wait, there is more.... here is a ning that Miguel linked me up to all about virtualisation!
3 comments:
I was so lucky with my version of Parallels.
I blogged that when I bought my new MBP is was going to buy Parallels and a guy from the company offered me a free version. I thought it was spam at first but it was the real thing. I hadn't even hyperlinked the post either- he must have been in a benevolent mood.
When I bought the MBP he sent me a registration code- such a great surprise.
It works well too.
Allanah K
I use Virtual Box on my MacBook to run Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and Sugar.
If you don't already use Sugar and you work in education, I recommend you check it out. It is what the One Laptop Per Child use for all the kids in developing countries too.
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads
I used Virtual Box last year on my macbook, but I thought it was very slow (very very slow!!!) and the 3/4 of the time it was crashing down. It could have been my tired macbook because on yours it works very well??!!
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