What do you run a Virtual Machine for?

[Ahheck01]

I installed Windows 7 beta in VMWare Fusion on my new aluminum macbook. It's pretty cool how seamlessly it works within the OS and spaces.

But what do you guys use your virtual machines for? How often do you have it open? What OS do you use?

-Evan

 

[dukebound85]

i use it for xp and project 64 haha

and the occasional windows app such as ones i used to have to use for school

 

[MacDawg]

I run Office 2007 on Vista through Boot Camp and VMWare Fusion

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[clancemasterj]

I run xp for FruityLoops Studio and Team Fortress 2.

 

[BlueRevolution]

I like to mess around in Linux. I have Ubuntu Desktop and Server installed in VMware right now. The only thing I really use Windows for is gaming, for which I have to reboot anyway.

 

[M.a.r.k.]

i'm also doing the office 07 work in windows, and lately i had to play a little with sharepoint, which ms made that way to only function good with the internet explorer -> windows needed

 

[TH-Gunner]

I just mess around with Debian. That's it.

With windows, I use visual studio C++ (for school) and Sim City 3000. That's it.

I've found programs for OSX for every other thing I need.

 

[JNB]

XP & Server 2K3 for Oracle-based enterprise commerce applications that I provide training on.

Win7 just because.

 

[nando2323]

XP, Netbackup 6.5.2 (because the Java client sucks), VMWare Virtual Infrastructure Client (soon to be released on OSX), Project 2003, SQL Server Management Studio, I use OSX in the enterprise so I have to use Windows for these things. At home thought never use it not even once since I bought my mac almost 2 years now.

 

[tdevers]

Office and Visual Studio. I dislike professors who do not take other platforms into consideration, especially ones that flat out say they hate Apple.

 

[nando2323]

Office and Visual Studio. I dislike professors who do not take other platforms into consideration, especially ones that flat out say they hate Apple.

I dislike people that don't take other platforms into consideration. I am surrounded but them too since I am the only person in the IT department running OSX.

 

[reebzor]

I have XP on my mini for light gaming and I have Windows 7 on my macbook just to play with.

 

[killerwhack]

Quickbooks

The mac native quickbooks is .... not very good.

The Windows quickbooks is vital for business.

 

[Ahheck01]

So, I'm beginning to think there isn't much functionally beneficial unless using the mac in the office, or for light gaming. Anyone else?

 

[Fast Shadow]

So, I'm beginning to think there isn't much functionally beneficial unless using the mac in the office, or for light gaming. Anyone else?

I use one as a web browser. I wipe it out once every few days. If it gets compromised it doesn't matter, there is no data of value on it.

I also use them to validate that web pages render correctly in Windows, OSX, and Linux.

I also prefer Outlook to Entourage so I use a Windows VM for that, too.

 

[superwoman]

I have 3 VMs: A Windows XP, an Ubuntu Linux, and a Darwin.

The Windows XP VM for Office, especially Outlook. There's one function in Outlook that I can't find anywhere else: editing membership of email aliases on Exchange servers.

The Linux VM for web surfing and software development.

The Darwin exists solely for me to copy it's software onto my AppleTV. Stuff like wget, screen, vim etc. Yes, they work.

 

[gauchogolfer]

I run a virtual machine of XP on my Vista64 workstation for programs that require XP. That's about it.

 

[DoFoT9]

i use it for xp and project 64 haha

and the occasional windows app such as ones i used to have to use for school

bahahahahaha yes i am with you!!

for uni i have do some projects with winblows, so i have to fire it up when im at uni (doing a Bachelor of IT)

some games aswell, like Rune, SC2000 etcetc.