Posts tagged virtualization

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

September 24, 2011

Update (Sept 7): Check out the latest my usability and comparison report of VMware Fusion 5 and Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac here now!

Update (Aug 31): I’ve just gotten hold of both VMware Fusion 5 and Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac. So do check back soon for an update to this article in about a weeks time after I’ve had some time with both of them. For now, you may want to check out my first impressions of Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac.

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Using Mac (or Linux) in a Windows dominated workplace

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 More >

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Tip: Enabling VMX support for Dell Latitude E6400

March 29, 2010

by Ken Ng

Here’s a quick tip if you’ve been trying to enable Virtualization support for the Dell Latitude E6400 and wasn’t able to. If you’re like me, you’d probably enabled all the settings available under the Virtualization section of the BIOS. Well, apparently, that’s a BIG mistake.

What you need to set is actually the following:-