[TriLUG] distro for macbook pro?

[Charles Mangin]

i actually use virtualbox and parallels on my imac now, and they are  
excellent ways of getting the applications i often need to test sites  
with (IE, various flavors of flash, etc) side by side with the tools i  
use to create them. there are, however, a number of other things i use  
linux for that i'd like to take full advantage of "talking to the  
metal" so to speak. doing drive recovery and forensics, for instance,  
is a time when multitasking is a disadvantage.



Charles Mangin
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On Dec 14, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Kevin Hunter wrote:

> At 4:09pm -0500 Mon, 14 Dec 2009, Michael Kimsal wrote:
>> Or give virtualbox a spin before you shell out for vmware fusion :)
>
> Yeah, definitely a thumbs up for the easy integration and quality of
> VirtualBox.  It has my vote.
>
> In a plug for virtualization either way, I find it much easier to
> administrate a host and guest (virtual) machine setup than a dual- 
> boot.
> Multi-tasking my time is inherent, and, with hardware support for
> virtualization, I don't personally have any reason to dual boot.
>
> Not really Mac related, but as a plug for VirtualBox's ease of use: I
> just converted my advisor to Linux, with the hook that he has easy
> Windows access through it.  All it took was a USB key Live session  
> with
> him at the driver seat to prove that all his hardware worked (tablet
> PC), and that VirtualBox was a breeze.
>
> Kevin
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