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Subject: [Leica] Totally OT: OSX on a tiny laptop?
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 18:25:52 +0200
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Hi Peter,

VMware does not support OSX. And I want to be able to use the same  
Apple applications I have on my iMac at home, so another operating  
system is not an attractive option.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On May 8, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Peter Dzwig wrote:

> Nathan,
>
> I suspect a better way might be to run with Linux or Windows and  
> then install
> VMWare with an appropriate OSX version and the result (ashould) be  
> like runnning
> parallels. I don't know for certain that the VMWare community  
> support an OSX
> implementation but it would be worth a look.
>
> http://www.vmware.com/
>
> But really Ubuntu is very similar in feel, because it shares a  
> common ancestry.
>
> Peter
>
> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> I have been looking at the new, super-cheap tiny laptops like the  
>> Eee.
>> It is very tempting to have a laptop so small that it would fit  
>> into my
>> Domke 803 bag. The only problem is that all the models I have seen  
>> run
>> Linux or Windows. I have no desire to learn a new operating system,  
>> or
>> to return to Windows. This brings me to my question: is it
>> possible/doable to buy one of those thingies and install OSX on it so
>> that  I could run Apple software on it?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>
>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Totally OT: OSX on a tiny laptop?)
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