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Fusion Unity for Linux

VMWare Fusion 4 vs Parallels Desktop 7: A User’s POV

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September 24, 2011
by Ken Ng

It’s without a doubt that the very recent release of VMware Fusion 4 and Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac has invigorated the on-going comparisons between the two popular virtualization solutions for Mac users.

Both has its own merits and depending on your expectations and needs from the virtualization solution, both choices will deliver what it promises to you.

I’ve previously written an article here on why I thought Parallels Desktop 7 just beats More >

Parallels 7 for Mac

3+1 Reasons why Parallels 7 wins VS VMWare Fusion!

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September 7, 2011
by Ken Ng

Caveat: This is an updated article which I originally wrote using Parallels Desktop 5 and quickly after that, upgraded to Parallels Desktop 6, comparing it with VMWare Fusion 3.0. That’s almost exactly one year ago from today.

Now, if you are not already aware, Parallels Desktop 7 is to be released on September 6. With this latest version, here’s a revised and updated viewpoint on my comparison between the two.

Why virtualize and not just More >

Mac App Store

Fixing the Mac App Store Error 100 issue

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January 7, 2011
by Ken Ng

If you’ve just updated your Mac today, you’ll notice the new Mac App Store sitting on your dock.

All is great when you immediately fire it up and try to download an application. But after doing so, you might get a nasty ‘unknown error (100)’ problem.

So how do you fix this problem if it’s unknown? Well, the solution to this problem is actually rather simple.

The main issue with this problem, so it seems, is that the Mac App Store (obviously More >

Mac & Windows

To Mac, or to Windows? That’s your question, here’s my answer

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January 5, 2011
by Ken Ng

If you’re looking to get a new PC or notebook, chances are, you’ll be asking the question above. So, should you be getting a Mac or Windows machine? Well, in my humble opinion, the answer is pretty simple. If you are willing to fork out a little more (to get more too of course), then go for the Mac option as I had.

Sure, like I mentioned, the Mac option will be a little bit more expensive when compared with the ‘equivalent’ Windows option from More >

Tether

Fixing the iPhone Bluetooth Internet Tethering with OS X

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November 10, 2010
by Ken Ng

Recently, my iPhone’s ability to wirelessly tether the Internet connection from my mobile data plan through bluetooth was broken. I wasn’t sure what went wrong or what broke it. All I did right before it happened was to upgrade my RAM from 4GB to 8GB and also the hard disk to a nice 7200RPM 500GB Western Digital Scropio. And the guy that helped me upgrade it did a PRAM reset as well.

But anyways, it just go screwed up. It would still pair with More >

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3 Reasons Why I Chose Parallels over VMWare Fusion

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September 18, 2010
by Ken Ng

UPDATE: This article is refreshed in this latest published version here: 3+1 Reasons why Parallels 7 wins VS VMWare Fusion!

 

If you’re like me, especially if you are working in an organizations where a most of the internal ERP systems are built only for Windows platform, and is also a Mac user, chances are you would want to be able to run both Mac and Windows applications at the same time. And if you’ve done your homework online, you would More >

Fix: Parallels iPhone Service won’t start

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August 4, 2010
by Ken Ng

Here’s a quick tip to fix for those of you Mac users who are using Parallels 5 as the virtualization solution.

Support came back to me with the following steps to fix the problem. First, quit Parallels if it’s already running. Then go through the steps noted below.

  1. Go to /Library/Parallels/
  2. Right-click on “Parallels Service.app” -> Show Package Contents
  3. Go to /Contents/PlugIns/
  4. Right-click on “Parallels Network Start.app” -> Show Package More >
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Using Mac (or Linux) in a Windows dominated workplace

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July 4, 2010
by Ken Ng

It’s a (sad) fact that most corporate workplace are still using Windows as the only supported platform for work. It’s not that I’ve anything against Windows. Don’t get me wrong here. Instead, I personally think that if I choose to run Mac and Linux OS, so be it. Why should one get shun off just because the corporate standards and softwares only support Windows.

Now, what would your options be?

One is obviously to setup a dual-boot environment More >

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