I'm dual booting my tiPowerbook 400 between OSX and Mandrake Linux PPC 8.0. I use Linux for 90% of what I do, however, when I want to watch a DVD or mirror to an external dislpay I switch to OSX. There is probably a way to mirror the display in Linux, but OSX makes it so simple.
The point of VMWare is that you aren't limited to dual-booting. What are you suppose to do if you are writing code to run on multiple Window OSes. Have one machine for Win98, another for Win98SE, a third for NT 3.51 a fourth for 3.51 SP1 etc...
The great thing about VMWare is that you only need one workstation and multiple virtual machines to test the code.
What if you are testing the interaction of your program and various anti-virus programs. With VMWare it's simple. Start out with a "clean" operating system install your program install one of the anti-virus programs and test. When you are finished, close down VMWare, discarding any changes you made, and you are back to the clean operating system you began with. Dual booting doesn't give you that option, unless you want to reinstall the operating system 5 times a day.
And did somebody hold a gun to your head and force you to buy their hardware? If you don't think their machines are worth the cost, fine, don't buy one. I don't see how a company, assigning a price to one of its products, means it's bad.
This might be a silly idea, but... Why not buy a mini fridge, large enought to hold a computer, and a few choise beverages. Cut some holes for cables. And you are good to go.
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I'm dual booting my tiPowerbook 400 between OSX and Mandrake Linux PPC 8.0. I use Linux for 90% of what I do, however, when I want to watch a DVD or mirror to an external dislpay I switch to OSX. There is probably a way to mirror the display in Linux, but OSX makes it so simple.
The point of VMWare is that you aren't limited to dual-booting. What are you suppose to do if you are writing code to run on multiple Window OSes. Have one machine for Win98, another for Win98SE, a third for NT 3.51 a fourth for 3.51 SP1 etc... The great thing about VMWare is that you only need one workstation and multiple virtual machines to test the code. What if you are testing the interaction of your program and various anti-virus programs. With VMWare it's simple. Start out with a "clean" operating system install your program install one of the anti-virus programs and test. When you are finished, close down VMWare, discarding any changes you made, and you are back to the clean operating system you began with. Dual booting doesn't give you that option, unless you want to reinstall the operating system 5 times a day.
I have a Titanium Powerbook 400. I'm dual booting between OSX and Linux PPC. The GUI in Linux is much more responsive than the GUI is OSX.
And did somebody hold a gun to your head and force you to buy their hardware? If you don't think their machines are worth the cost, fine, don't buy one. I don't see how a company, assigning a price to one of its products, means it's bad.
This might be a silly idea, but ... Why not buy a mini fridge, large enought to hold a computer, and a few choise beverages. Cut some holes for cables. And you are good to go.
Maybe I'm in the minority, but as soon as I started using OSX, I was searching the web for GUI themes to get rid of the "Aqua look".
OSX gives you the ability to run Mac software, Windows software (w/Virtual PC), and other *nix software. All without a reboot.