[Leaplist] for the OSx users

[Carter Manucy]

Dan Cherry wrote:

> Okay, you've all piqued my curiosity.  How much PC does it take to run 
> VMWare under Linux (minimum) for one session (possibly two when 
> testing).  Stephanie (wife) has an eight or nine year old compaq 
> running XP.  Since the poor old thing can't last forever, I'm 
> wondering if VMWare would be a good replacement (to avoid buying a new 
> PC that has to run weindoos.  There are only 2 apps that are needed 
> which run exclusively on wiendoos, her payroll and some embroidery 
> software (which writes to a proprietary card).  If Those two apps can 
> run on a lower end Linux box thru VMWare, then any newer replacement 
> PC can be set up with Linux (or maybe even a Mac).


That card could be a stopping block.  Support for those kinds of things 
in a 'pass-thru' manner are not something that VMWare is good for.  It's 
bad enough with USB - many USB items have to be run at 1.0 spec (my iPod 
doesn't work on my WinXP VM) - I can't pass-thru my Firewire 
connections, either.  I'm not certain, but I don't believe VMWare 
Workstation allows for this kind of use either.

But I'll second what Phil said about system requirements.

-Carter