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Re: Windows IDL in Parallels on a MacBook [message #54915 is a reply to message #54904]

Wed, 18 July 2007 12:55

Dick Jackson
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Registered: August 1998

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Hi all,

"JD Smith" <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.07.18.17.48.14.575509@as.arizona.edu...

>> clivecook59@gmail.com writes:
>>
>>> I have purchased a Macbook and am planning on running the windows
>>> version of IDL in parallels. Are there any tips for optimizing this set
>>> up? I appreciate that this is not the optimal way to run idl however as
>>> i will need to share code with other windows users i figured that it
>>> would be easier. Also all my previous code has been written in windows
>>> idl.

> You could run IDL under Parallels/XP as well as on the Mac, develop
> for both from the same set directories, and easily test for
> cross-platform-itude without visiting another machine. Pretty nice setup.
> If you get a personal use license, you'd be able to use it for both the
> OSX and Windows sides. All it will cost is some disk space.

This does look like a very nice idea, and I'm considering it, too. For those who
are interested to know more about this (IMO stunning) technology, David Pogue
wrote this in the New York Times:

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/07/breaking-down-the- walls-between-mac-os-x-and-windows/

Sorry I'm not adding much to the discussion, but I too would like to know of any
'gotchas' that will prevent using a MacBook for Windows IDL development. Hmm, it
seems that there are three technologies that look to provide this:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/
http://www.virtualbox.org
http://www.vmware.com/beta/fusion/

Anyone have experience with IDL on XP or Vista on an Intel Mac?

Cheers,
-Dick

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Dick Jackson Software Consulting http://www.d-jackson.com
Victoria, BC, Canada +1-250-220-6117 dick@d-jackson.com

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		Re: Windows IDL in Parallels on a MacBook By: JMZawodny on Thu, 19 July 2007 08:12
		Re: Windows IDL in Parallels on a MacBook By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 19 July 2007 07:19
		Re: Windows IDL in Parallels on a MacBook By: Dick Jackson on Wed, 18 July 2007 12:55
		Re: Windows IDL in Parallels on a MacBook By: JD Smith on Wed, 18 July 2007 10:48
		Re: Windows IDL in Parallels on a MacBook By: David Fanning on Wed, 18 July 2007 07:28

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