Downgrading to XP = PITA

[cubs1908]

Never had trouble running Vista on our desktop. However, we did encounter some trouble with the latest Windows Service Pack 1 Update, but I must say that Dell's service team is outstanding. Supposely, XP also had problems when it first came out. I guess we will wait and see.

Later,
Cubs1908

[ahow]

Originally Posted by E

I will run XP inside VirtualBox as long as I can for Windows-only apps and use everything else I can on OS X.

Originally Posted by Mojo

Like E, I now run osx and run xp off virtualization on it. I don't care for any of OSX specific software but I wanted a well supported implementation of linux with more commercial software support. VMware funsion is working out great for me and I have heard great things about Parallel as well. Crossover is pretty good too, you can install office 2007 on Leopard that would behave like a native application.

I was going to mention Crossover by Codeweavers to E as well. I love it especially since it was free because the price of gas went down...

[Renaissance Man]

Originally Posted by Almighty Malachi

Somehow my wireless connection is now at 130 mbps.

Sweet.

All is well in the Malachi Realm.

Glad to hear you made it through.

Do you plan to run with Windows 7 next year, or is this the last Windows experience you plan to have?

[Almighty Malachi]

idk, it depends on early reviews. I've never been an early adapter, so I'll probably wait a bit on 7, if I ever use it at all.

[E]

Originally Posted by ahow

I was going to mention Crossover by Codeweavers to E as well. I love it especially since it was free because the price of gas went down...

I took a hard look at Crossover before I went with VirtualBox. I never could get convinced that Crossover supported 100% of the functionality I wanted from spreadsheets and Quicken (the 2 main things I use at home in a Windows environment). Macro support for Excel looked shaky in Crossover, and I also read that not all Quicken functions were supported (e.g. transaction downloads).

With VirtualBox, you get the full functionality of a stand-alone Windows environment. Plus, VirtualBox is free too. The only downside is that you have to buy an OEM copy of XP, but this is a minimal expense IMO.

[Mojo]

E has good point.

I actually use Crossover and VMware together.
Crossover is great for applications that it specifically support, office, photoshop and so forth and it brings a very nice integration into native OS environment. I believe Crossover's main focus is to bring office/photoshop for linux as those 2 applications are considered the biggest hurdle for migrating to linux.
I use Crossover mainly for Onenote.

There are times when a stand-alone Windows environment is needed and there is no substitute .

[ahow]

Originally Posted by Mojo

E has good point.

I actually use Crossover and VMware together.
Crossover is great for applications that it specifically support, office, photoshop and so forth and it brings a very nice integration into native OS environment. I believe Crossover's main focus is to bring office/photoshop for linux as those 2 applications are considered the biggest hurdle for migrating to linux.
I use Crossover mainly for Onenote.

There are times when a stand-alone Windows environment is needed and there is no substitute .

I agree as well. I've used VirtualBox up to this point on Windows to run all varieties of Linux (FreeBSD, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, etc). I've never used VB on Ubuntu. The programs I was interested in are fully supported by Crossover, so no worries for me.