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Re: Osx and Windows split
I don't have any specific experiences using VSTs from a virtualized copy of windows, but I have a lot of experience with VMware Fusion.
It's a fantastic app (considerably better than parallels desktop, which I used from beta through 3.0, and found that vmware exceeded parallels the moment it left beta and has only gained more of a lead), and runs windows xp amazingly well with a puny 256mb of ram (assuming a clean install with no antivirus and such, since I see no point in having that in a vm where I can do a true rollback at any time). I'd say it's 90% as fast as running it natively via boot camp for everything that doesn't rely on graphics acceleration. For graphics accelerated things, it's getting better, but 3d rendering and gaming are still pretty poor (usable but slow). For music, however, I see no reason why you would see any slowdown in your VSTs.
However, I'm not sure about VSTs being usable in ableton via vmware fusion. I'd download a demo and give it a try. If that doesn't work, from a technology perspective it seems to me that WINE might work a lot better, so try out a demo of the excellent (though hit-or-miss) crossover. It's a commercially backed program that uses WINE (a tool to run windows code in os x/linux) to run windows programs in os x a lot more seamlessly than via VMware Fusion. The huge down side is, while there's a certainty apps will work in virtualized windows, there's no gaurantee they'll work in crossover, so I'd test all your favorite VSTs in it before you decide which to consider buying.
Crossover is available at
www.codeweavers.com. Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with either company, and I use both their products weekly.
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 3:07 AM, Byron Howell
<howell.byron@gmail.com> wrote:
Has anyone got any opinions on this software for integrating osx and windows?
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
seems it would save dual booting. would this make windows vst's
operable from the mac side in a host like Ableton?
Byron
