Any Visual Studio Users (VMware/Bootcamp Related)

[macDonalds]

Just wondering for those who use VS if you are using it under VM or Bootcamp. And why you chose one over the other?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Boot Camp for me, because I don't have VMware, and don't use Parallels anymore.

I do wish I could get the darn VS 2008 Express Edition ISO file offered by Microsoft to download in a reasonable amount of time. It keeps telling me 5+ hours to download, then stops less than 1/64th of the way through.🙁

 

[macDonalds]

Boot Camp for me, because I don't have VMware, and don't use Parallels anymore.

I do wish I could get the darn VS 2008 Express Edition ISO file offered by Microsoft to download in a reasonable amount of time. It keeps telling me 5+ hours to download, then stops less than 1/64th of the way through.🙁

Yeah, I'm getting Leopard for Christmas and I'm leaning towards using Bootcamp instead of VMware.

 

[rjenovai]

I've used it under both Parallels and Bootcamp. Not much difference, except for slightly longer compile times under Parallels. The only reason I preferred VM to bootcamp was not having to reboot.

 

[mrwizardno2]

I run it in VMWare as well. My thoughts at the time were if something were to get messed up with the machine, I could revert to a snapshot and be done with it. That and backups are a cinch.

 

[dalvin200]

use vs 2005 and vs 2008 express in xp under parallels on my macbook..

no probs at all

not all the time.. just sometimes.. i prefer not doing any work when at home 😀