Category Archives: VMWare
Developing for Android
Regular readers will realise that I’ve been rather quiet recently. The reason is that over the last couple of weeks I’ve bitten the bullet and started seriously developing an “app” for Android. As always when I have a programming project … Continue reading
The VMWare Disk IO Problem – Fixed At Last
Regular readers will know that I’m a great fan of VMWare desktop virtualisation, but my enthusiasm has for a long time been muted by an odd problem. After shutting down or suspending a VM my laptop was thrashing its disks … Continue reading
Break Compatibility, Lose Loyalty
For almost 20 years I have been a fan of, and borderline apologist for, Microsoft. One of the main reasons was their focus on software usability, backed up by a visible intention to preserve backwards compatibility wherever possible. While each … Continue reading
Macs Are Really Easy? Ha!
There is a myth. The myth goes “Windows is complicated. Macs are really easy – they just work.” Like most myths this may have started from an original truth, but is now a lie. I am it’s latest, but I … Continue reading
Mac OSX–A Third-Class OS?
Does Apple’s opposition to virtualisation create a technical ghetto? Continue reading
I Thought They Were Supposed To Be Getting Smaller?
Musings on why my laptops are getting bigger and heavier, instead of smaller and lighter Continue reading
Not from My Cold, Dead Hand…
My regular correspondent Malachy Martin recently posed another of his “research” questions: What would work look like if you only had an iPad as your computing device? My first reactions focused on whether my iPad could replace my laptop. Then … Continue reading
Tyrannies and Broken Business Processes
I’ve posted previously about the inadequacies of the iOS/iTunes architecture, and in particular the content management nightmare it creates, but I haven’t really reflected on the commercial model of the iTunes / App Store. I’m afraid I can hold back … Continue reading
Virtual PC vs VMware Player – Further Thoughts
I’ve added a brief addendum to my piece on Virtual PC technologies. It turns out that VMware Player seems to be able to “fix” unreliable VMs. Microsoft’s lack of attention to compatibility has led me to a better product, and … Continue reading
Windows Virtual PC – Breaking Compatibility
How Microsoft have badly broken compatibility (again!) with Virtual PC and Windows 7 Continue reading