VMware Fusion has issues with copy and paste
Tue 11 Mar 2008Filed Under: Apple Computers, Computers, VMware Fusion | Comments Off on VMware Fusion has issues with copy and paste
I haven’t posted for a little while because everything has been going with my installation. However I discovered recently that Version 1 and 1.1 has issues with copy and pasting content to more than one page at a time. It applies specifically to copy and pasting of Hyperlinks. It is minor but very annoying.
Windows Vista in February 2008
Mon 3 Mar 2008Filed Under: Computers, Windows Vista | Comments Off on Windows Vista in February 2008
I find it enthralling that MS is still in the PR market with Vista – supposedly releasing documents that focus on the lack of Vista drivers rather than the reality of using Vista, in particular Internet Explorer. The things broken whether deliberately or not is debatable.
Nevertheless I use the Vista everyday and not by choice these days but due to work and it’s still really slow requires huge amount of CPU power for no reason. For example I had to fix an old Pentium III notebook on the weekend, it was still running the original XP release from 2001. Got it going again and was so impressed with the load times and application run times. I installed XP SP2 on it and wow it actually improved things. When I checked the specs, I found only 384 megabytes of RAM! I was even more shocked when I got it on the internet and ran Mozilla and it rendered pages with Flash content in the fastest time I’ve ever seen.
Vista hasn’t improved things we’ve gone backwards.
How did I install Windows XP on my Macbook?
Thu 24 Jan 2008Filed Under: Apple Computers, Computers, VMware Fusion | Comments Off on How did I install Windows XP on my Macbook?
How did I run Windows XP on my Mac?
Although running OSX Leopard I have a ton of programs collected in Windows over the years. Since I still use quite a few of them and do not want to spend more money replacing them – the solution was to either:
Use Bootcamp so the Mac can boot up to Windows XP
OR use Virtualisation software to run Windows XP.
I chose to use Virtualisation software, namely VMware Fusion to do it for me.
You could also try SWSOFT Parallels.
Apple’s Bootcamp is NOT the same thing.
As I said previously I wanted to be able to use the best Mac software while continue to use familiar Windows software at the same time. Besides Solitaire isn’t included on a Mac!