Badger3kWe Don't Need No Stinkin Badgers Premium Member join:2001-09-27 Franklin, OH |
Badger3k
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2012-Oct-4 4:15 pm
OS X in a Windows worldI start a new job on the 15th and already picked up my laptop... a Mid-2011 MacBook Air. Now I've had a MacBook for a while at home, but never had to use one every day especially to manage a Windows environment.
I was also given a copy of Parallels and Office for Mac, but I'd like to try and stay in OS X as much as possible and not just run a Windows VM or bootcamp it. Any Apps/tools to recommend? Tips/tricks/advice? |
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Is the intention here to make your life more difficult than it needs to be? |
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amungus Premium Member join:2004-11-26 America |
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Badger3kWe Don't Need No Stinkin Badgers Premium Member join:2001-09-27 Franklin, OH |
Badger3k
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2012-Oct-4 5:33 pm
Maybe it's some new hire hazing thing, I don't know. I know about RDP and I think Office comes with an updated version or something (box says something about it), just wasn't sure if there was anything else native. |
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Weasel Premium Member join:2001-12-03 Minnesota |
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I would personally use a Windows VM on the laptop (I prefer VMWare Fusion, but Parallels is good software too), and operate mostly out of the VM unless there is something you *need* from the OS X side.
I currently use a Macbook Pro in our setup which is all windows, save for one lab of Macs. Which is why I have the MBP, to run ARD. Otherwise I try to operate from the Windows side. |
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Since we only make windows software at work we are seeing some customer using mac buying our software and asking how to run it on a mac.
Customers using Parallels seem to have more issues with the virtual machine crashing and having to be redone than with vmfusion or virtual box. |
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Badger3kWe Don't Need No Stinkin Badgers Premium Member join:2001-09-27 Franklin, OH |
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Gotcha. I figured I'd be living in a VM most of the time. I didn't have any choice in the matter (obviously) or I would have at least asked for something with 8GB instead of 4GB of RAM. Oh well. |
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Kilroy MVM join:2002-11-21 Saint Paul, MN |
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said by Moffetts:Is the intention here to make your life more difficult than it needs to be? +1 I'd suggest getting right tool for the job. I'm a Windows guy, but wouldn't even attempt managing an Apple network with a Windows machine. Getting native tools to work can be a chore, I wouldn't want to imaging trying to get a non-native client to work. |
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Weasel Premium Member join:2001-12-03 Minnesota |
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One other option I forgot to mention yesterday is use BootCamp and install windows natively. You can wipe out the OS X partition entirely I believe after installing Windows. Or if you prefer to keep it around just in case, you can make it small. |
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Badger3kWe Don't Need No Stinkin Badgers Premium Member join:2001-09-27 Franklin, OH |
Badger3k
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2012-Oct-5 11:31 am
said by Weasel:One other option I forgot to mention yesterday is use BootCamp and install windows natively. You can wipe out the OS X partition entirely I believe after installing Windows. Or if you prefer to keep it around just in case, you can make it small. I may end up doing that in the end. Since I'm not real sure what I'm walking into I didn't want to just walk in with a MacBook Air running Windows to start off with. |
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Mike Mod join:2000-09-17 Pittsburgh, PA |
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Immediately do a 35 zero pass on your SSD to get rid of any traces of MS RDP.
Use CorD - cord.sf.net
Split it off and use Virtualbox. Can load windows whatever and tools for 40gb |
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Sounds like the wrong tool for the job, but that depends on how much day to day administration you will be doing. RDP might be everything you need in a Windows world.
I would just make a Windows 7 VM that you can RDP to when needed. That has worked well for me. |
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Hall MVM join:2000-04-28 Germantown, OH |
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said by Badger3k:said by Weasel:One other option I forgot to mention yesterday is use BootCamp and install windows natively. You can wipe out the OS X partition entirely I believe after installing Windows. Or if you prefer to keep it around just in case, you can make it small. I may end up doing that in the end. Since I'm not real sure what I'm walking into I didn't want to just walk in with a MacBook Air running Windows to start off with. If that's the case, why have a Mac to begin with ? |
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Badger3kWe Don't Need No Stinkin Badgers Premium Member join:2001-09-27 Franklin, OH |
Badger3k
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2012-Oct-7 10:23 am
Because that's what they gave me? I agree, I'm just going with what I've been given. |
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