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Julian Simioni <spectre256 <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> Depending on what software you need to run, running Windows in VMware |
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> can work quite well. |
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VMware is not an option. We use the laptops for embedded systems development. |
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Most Semiconductor companies still require you use Windows for their intrisic |
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Integrated Development Environments for firmware development on their products. |
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Furthermore, using low level connected devices such as BDM, JTAG and In-circuit |
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emulators require a full Windows OS. |
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Vmware may work in some cases, but often it's not supported by the aforementioned |
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vendors, so you are stuck with XP or Vista, hardware dongles and such........ |
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thanks for the suggestion. |
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James |
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