[CS-FSLUG] Excellent analysis: Windows vs. OS X vs. Linux

[Legatus]

On 12/1/06, Frank Bax <fbax at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> At 09:09 PM 11/30/06, Vincent Danen wrote:
> >Otherwise, it's a very interesting read and one I can't disagree with (I
> >have, after all, been using OS X on my desktops for about 4 years now).
>
>
> Do you know if VMware player runs on OS X?  There are downloads available
> for Windows and Linux; but I don't know if OS X is close enough to Linux
> to
> run the player.
>
> I have an aging laptop that still runs Win98 because I have apps I don't
> want to convert to some other product.  Using WinXP as host, I have
> already
> installed Win98 into virtual machine.  I'll soon install/run my apps in
> that environment.  I will seriously consider a MacBook if it can run the
> player.
>
>
>
VMWare works only on x86 architecture. Now that OSX runs on x86, I might
expect them to port it, but that hasn't happened yet.

-- 
JD Runyan
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