Recommended specs for Windows Development computer.

JJS jjs at krutt.org
Thu Oct 3 14:31:18 EDT 2019


yes you can use virtualbox or whatever but it will be slower, running an 
OS in an OS, or:

You install bootcamp if you only need Win10: read this 
https://support.apple.com/nl-nl/HT201468 it's in dutch but you can find 
the English version yourself i think

then bootcamp will install all needed drivers so win10 will run smoothly 
on your mac (note that your fan might blow some harder, windows is 
resource hungry)

Or:

you go to https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind Now this is a bit more 
difficult but very good doable, some IT people prefer this.

ReFind will create a new bootloader (something like GRUB but better with 
nice icons)

With Refind you are also able to get Linux on it too, so you could 
create a triple boot


If you want something reversed --> make a mac from a windows/Linux PC, 
then you need to go to https://tonymacx86.com and use Clover as 
bootloader. Note this is harder, and you need to have a mac to download 
the OS on a stick.

Op 3-10-2019 om 20:13 schreef Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode:
> I have used Parallels, and am now also using Virtual Box on my Mac. I use No-Machine to connect to hardware Windows test platforms, and plan to use it for other platforms (Linux, iOS, Android, Raspberry Pi). I use MiniWoL to wake one machine and plan add Wake-on-LAN to another Windows machine. Even when testing on Windows, I edit on Mac and use a network drive for projects. If need be, I sit at the Windows hardware.
>
>> On Oct 3, 2019, at 11:48 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I need to buy a new desktop PC to be used for LiveCode development including using the new camera control and the player as I am working on a cross platform application for Mac and Windows.
>>
>> I have been developing the application  on on a Mac to this point but need to have the PC for testing and debugging in a Windows environment.
>>
>> Being a Mac guy I am not sure what I should look for in a PC— processor, speed, RAM, etc. I bought a cheap desktop  PC, an Acer AXC-230 a year or so ago for that purpose but that is painfully slow. So I don’t want to make that mistake again.
>>
>> With the comments on speed problems on Windows in the earlier thread I don’t want to get something underpowered.
>>
>> Any suggestions? What are people using?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Martin Koob
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
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