Parallels,VMWare or what?

[Doug Easterbrook]

hi Gav:

we use parallels.   simply because it was first to market ... and love  
it.  I have it on all our machines.  I think there are a lot of  
capabilities in both, but as it realates specifically to your question:

>
> Also, can I run Openbase/ Oracle/ Sybase/ etc in the Mac environment
> (well the Unix shell underneath runs the database) and connect to it
> from Omnis in the Windows environment?


we use postgres and openbase and do that all the time... connecting  
from studio on win 2000 or vista ultimate to talk to the database on  
the mac.   I've even installed the PC version of the databases and  
talked to it from the mac...


hows that.

I'm sure VMware does it to, but I like Parallels because of:
- coherence - I can get rid of the MDI frame in windows applications  
and make them seemlessly look like mac windows :)
- I can share or have separate IP addresses on the VM
- and everything I've tried, runs.



Doug Easterbrook
Arts Management Systems Ltd.
mailto:doug at artsman.com
http://www.artsman.com
Phone (403) 536-1205    Fax (403) 536-1210


On May 15,2008, at 10:20 AM, omnisdev-en-request at lists.omnis-dev.com  
wrote:

> I think this was discussed not so long ago but I wasn't paying
> attention at the time.
>
> Could anyone provide a quick comparison of the various options for
> running Windows on an Intel Mac, giving relative benefits and
> drawbacks?  My main focus would be on ease of setup and use, although
> $0 is good ;-)
>
> Also, can I run Openbase/ Oracle/ Sybase/ etc in the Mac environment
> (well the Unix shell underneath runs the database) and connect to it
> from Omnis in the Windows environment?