Toby DiPasquale on 11 Nov 2006 18:04:37 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] R32 ate own hard drive -- recommendations for new purchase?


On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 07:40:18AM -0500, mmalten@comcast.net wrote:
> Update:
> 
> I did order the MacBook.  Did a bit of homework and discovered that all 
> the software I like -- OpenOffice, R, etc. -- runs on OS X.  I may use 
> Boot Camp to dual-boot in Linux, or I may move (defect? transpose?) to 
> OS X altogether.

For $80 you can run them both simultaneously:

http://www.parallels.com/

I use Parallels Desktop all the time on my MBPro and its really good. My
only complaint is that to get a networking mode like VMware's NAT mode you
actually have to turn NAT on in OS X, which is very annoying. Other than
that, its been great.

-- 
Toby DiPasquale
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