tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110180.post113816286400342710..comments2023-06-20T05:31:24.545-07:00Comments on Tapestry Central: VMWare a qualified successAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486596490758986709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110180.post-1138240080586010662006-01-25T17:48:00.000-08:002006-01-25T17:48:00.000-08:00Mac users: sorry ... how about Mac on Intel? I re...Mac users: sorry ... how about Mac on Intel? I really suspect that WMWare will come to the rescue here.<BR/><BR/>Linux: I should include the Linux vmware player on the DVD as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486596490758986709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110180.post-1138224932272569102006-01-25T13:35:00.000-08:002006-01-25T13:35:00.000-08:00Outside of a controlled lab/classroom setting, you...Outside of a controlled lab/classroom setting, you will need to be vigilant for gotchas.<BR/><BR/>- Are the machines recent/beefy enough, with enough RAM? (You already hit this one)<BR/>- Player needs to have administrative privileges to install.<BR/>- Player is remarkably good with installing itself on unsupported Linux distributions, but it can only do so much automagically.<BR/><BR/>However, you are approaching this realistically -- in most cases, it'll save time/effort, and on the edge cases where you have to work without a virtual machine, you're no worse off than before. We're glad VMware Player is proving useful in your work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110180.post-1138209030991654472006-01-25T09:10:00.000-08:002006-01-25T09:10:00.000-08:00I've also had some performance problems when runni...I've also had some performance problems when running XP over XP. I then tried Linux over XP and the performance really improved. I used the <A HREF="http://www.ubuntu.com" REL="nofollow">Ubuntu</A> that proved to be a great option for someone that comes from the windows world. Among other things it's fast, free and almost as user friendly as windows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com