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I switched from OS X to Windows 8, and I virtualise linux using windows as the host OS. I hate to say it, but I think Windows 8 is pretty good as a host OS (no
by ryan-allen 13y ago
I switched from OS X to Windows 8, and I virtualise linux using windows as the host OS.
I hate to say it, but I think Windows 8 is pretty good as a host OS (not having used Windows much since 2003).
I wouldn't be able to do my job without the virtulisation though, in the end I got so fed up with trying to install stuff naively on OS X with brew and ports and from source and whatever I was virtualising on OS X for about 2 years before I switched over anyway.
- kyriakos 13y agoI'm using Windows 8 too and virtualization for server testing. What stops you from going Linux-only? In mine case its Adobe :)
- ryan-allen 13y agoYep, Adobe is one, but funnily enough iTunes is another. I have spent thousands on iTunes over the years and with iTunes match I don't have to download everything either. Though iTunes on Windows is pretty rubbish (it's slow and looks pretty bad, doesn't do UI scaling properly). I also want everything to mostly just work, which is why I liked OS X in the first place (it has a Terminal, and everything mostly works!). I dual boot Windows 8 on my Macbook Air, I think Apple still do make the best laptop hardware.
- tmikaeld 13y agoVMware can run Photoshop 3D accelerated now so performance is great even in linux.
- LaSombra 13y agoLightroom :(