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Tutorial: How to virtualize your PC and run it in Mac OS X (Intel editions only)

August 14, 2007 – 8:20 pm

I recently converted from an IBM ThinkPad T43 to a MacBook Pro. I was able to keep all of my PC-specific software, including MS Office, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server, QuickBooks, etc. This method allowed me to preserve my PC as it was - perfectly frozen in time with all my preferences - [...]

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Is Microsoft doomed? A devotee considers switching to Mac.

June 19, 2007 – 3:15 pm

I am trying to learn Ruby.
Trying to get out of the development rut I’ve been in.
I love .NET. I love C#. I can build powerful apps very quickly in .NET. However, taking these apps and getting my team to maintain them consistently, and building a web-ready infrastructure around them to support both [...]

By ed | Also posted in microsoft, rails, ruby | Comments (0)