Recently there has been a lot of rumbling in the tech press about the latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8. It was announced and immediately released as a developer preview that anyone can download for free from the Microsoft website.
On the surface Windows 8 looks to be Windows 7 with their new Metro UI pasted on top. The press seem to be reacting to the news in a variety of ways – either total dismay, or a mediocre Luke-warm response to their new ideas.
I decided to download the preview and give it a try, but what is the safest way to test out this very early software on the Mac? By using a Virtual machine of course!
Getting up and running with the Windows 8 Developer Preview couldn’t be easier for Mac users. Here is a quick guide to get you up and running using my software of choice VMWare Fusion 4, the latest release of the excellent Fusion client. Leave a comment at the bottom of the post if you have any questions. Read More
June 2011 will forever be remembered by me as the month when I became a little less mobile. For 2 years my treasured and much loved 15″ MacBook Pro had been giving me sterling service as my main machine – quite simply the fastest, most well built and down right useful computer I have owned. The time had come for a change, and due to working in London and spending 2 hours on the train a day and an hour walking my trusty companion had to go, it was just too heavy. I tried to put off the inevitable by purchasing a rucksack style bag which helped, but as the weather warmed up – the chore of carrying the laptop to London and back every day just got too much – before I knew it my aluminium powder coated workhorse was on eBay and gone, and its replacement arrived, a 21″ iMac 2011 model. Read More
