[X4U] 10.5 instead of 10.6

[Neil Laubenthal]

You can run OS X server in a VMWare Fusion VM . . .but not client according to VMWare. I haven't tried it in Parallels although I would imagine Server would run there as well.


On Feb 11, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Eugene wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 09:55:54AM CST, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
>> At 1:27 AM -0600 2/11/10, Eugene wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 04:54:34PM CST, zapcat <zapcat at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> No need to get worked up, John. I am not saying that SL is a
>>>> steaming pile, simply that it is for some, not production-ready.
>>> 
>>> For some users who use certain apps or rely on certain functions, 10.6
>>> may NEVER be production-ready.  You can cherrypick any talking point to
>>> support any argument (e.g. my production equipment uses PowerMac G5s,
>>> Snow Leopard doesn't run on anything PowerPC, ergo Snow Leopard is not
>>> production ready).
>> 
>> You know, this is one of the most sensible statements I've heard in
>> this thread.
> 
> Thank you.  :)
> 
>> I really wish Apple would have sense enough to release an emulator
>> for those of us that need to run old software.  I don't like the
>> idea that the only solutions in that area *ARE* opensource.
>> Honestly a good commercial emulator would smooth over all of my
>> complaints.
> 
> What about running multiple versions of OS X on a single box via
> virtualization?  Does Parallels stuff, like Server or Bare Metal,
> do this?  I saw nothing from VMWare that does this for OS X.
> 
> 
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