NET to develop web apps, which in turn cause you to use a browser that uses the highly exploitable ActiveX: IE 6, IE7, IE8 and IE 9. I understand that some companies depend on microsoft. Otherwise you can just use virtual box (now form Oracle) for free.Īlternatively you can try WINE from sourceforge. For simple html testing that may be the best option if it exists.
I know that vmware has a free virtual machine player, and if you register with their site, you used to be able to download and try read only virtual machines prebuilt. There is another way to go which is to buy parallels, or vmware fusion. This will clean up any potential problems with the OS before the installation.
Also, before you install, reboot the mac and run repair permissions from the disk utility in the utility folder. But your Mac runs at best performance as long as you are NOT running at 80% hard drive capacity. You can re-activate that Dell key, ONLY USING the DELL created INSTALL DISK. You will need an installation CD and a valid product keycode from Microsoft – or the XP install disk from Dell with the machine product key sticker code. It will require at least 4GB of RAM on your Mac so you can dedicate another 1GB or 2GB to the virtual box virtual machine.īefore you install it, you will want to be sure you have enough space on your mac to make virtual machines. You can download the free virtual environment called virtual box and you can install a copy of xp in there… or win 7 if you want to use up more resources. or even better yet, if all web devs got together and simply stopped developing or even trying to develop for Internet Explorer, it might force users to use better browsers. The thought of having to purchase yet another program, such as Parallels to run Windows in, only to check sites in IE seems rather overkill to me…įortunately, I can run into just about any nearby office and use their outdated computers and browsers… however, it would be nice to have an online solution, or something like that….
Of course, I would much rather have a solution that did not require me to purchase a copy of Windows and install a complete operating system on my Mac that I would only ever use for one program that I happen to dislike. So, while I am using a Mac with only Mac OS X installed, I still want to know that my site will work for the masses who seem to be using Internet Explorer. Most web developers want to make sure their sites render properly on browsers people are using. A lot of people seem to misunderstand the need for cross-browser compatibility testing.
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