I don’t know why I didn’t realize this earlier, but my MSDN subscription includes not only Virtual PC for Windows, but the OS X version as well. Sweet!
I don’t expect I’ll be using it a lot, but if it does a better job than the OS X version of Remote Desktop Connection (only one connection at a time???), I’ll be happy.
The rest of the MSDN pack looks pretty cool, I just have to find enough disk space on my ThinkPad to be able to take advantage of it beyond the desperately needed copy of Visual Studio that I downloaded as soon as I got my welcome email. I’ve already bought two computers this year, and it’d be real swell if I could last until January before buying another (although I already have a spot picked out for it in the new office…)
Don’t get me wrong - I still love my Mac, but C# pays most of my bills. Uh, I guess that includes my MSDN subscription bill…
Update: Wow, that took a long time. Slooowwww…. Granted, I haven’t changed any of the settings, but I can’t imagine running anything on the “listed as supported” G3. On the other hand, since I only wanted this for the odd Remote Desktop Connection session, and in those cases the processing power is done elsewhere, it’s actually pretty comparable to the same work on the laptop - network lag is just enough to cover for the emulation layer.
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