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Is Photoshop really 100% stable on Windows or OS X? Still, very nice guide.
On the Mac you can run it constantly and it won't ever crash. It's one of the most amazingly reliable pieces of software out there.
It is not "one of the most amazingly reliable pieces of software out there" by any stretch of the imagination.
Photoshop in a VM? is that not a horribly laggy experience? I have a Core2 Quad Q6600 based computer and when I have run Windows inside a VM it is too laggy to use as a serious desktop beyond using a few basic apps. Doing 1080p video is choppy too. Is there something about newer CPUs such as i7 that makes virtualisation hugely faster and more responsive?
This will do a lot to make your VMs responsive.
This is a great guide. I've invested heavily in MacOS, so I'll probably need to figure out an alternate approach. One thing struck me as odd: Why make a `photoshop` alias if you're going to have the shell script in `$HOME/bin`?
Photoshop in a VM? is that not a horribly laggy experience? I have a Core2 Quad Q6600 based computer and when I have run Windows inside a VM it is too laggy to use as a serious desktop beyond using a few basic apps. Doing 1080p video is choppy too. Is there something about newer CPUs such as i7 that makes virtualisation hugely faster and more responsive?
>> Is there something about newer CPUs such as i7 that makes virtualisation hugely faster and more responsive? Yes. http://ark.intel.com/Products/VirtualizationTechnology Running the Android Emulator on my i7-3770k is smooth as silk with Intel Virtualization turned on. Without IV it's like rubbing my face on sandpaper.
I recently purchased a 3770k and all other parts arrived today. The documentation[1] says 3700k supports Vt-x but not Vt-d. Does that affect anything at all ?
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>> Is there something about newer CPUs such as i7 that makes virtualisation hugely faster and more responsive? Yes. http://ark.intel.com/Products/VirtualizationTechnology Running the Android Emulator on my i7-3770k is smooth as silk with Intel Virtualization turned on. Without IV it's like rubbing my face on sandpaper.
Sorry for hijacking the topic but I need to ask something. I recently purchased a 3770k and all other parts arrived today. The documentation[1] says 3700k supports Vt-x but not Vt-d. Does that affect anything at all ? 1. http://ark.intel.com/products/65523
VT-x is essential, VT-d is 'nice' because it lets you hook PCI devices directly into the VM (good for some servers) but in general you don't need it.
3770k is a very nice chip! I love mine. Easy to overclock too.
I'm considering Windows as the base OS and a Linux VM for development stuff. I do web development, including design work, so I would need the ability to run Photoshop and other tools. But for running my ruby stuff (Rails, Spork, etc), I think a Linux VM would be ideal.
Summed up: How do others live in the Rails dev world when not using Mac OS?
Is anyone running the opposite setup? That is, Windows as the primary OS and Linux in a VM. I'm looking to upgrade my laptop soon and don't want to pay Apple's high prices, so I'm looking at 1080p Windows laptops. I'm considering Windows as the base OS and a Linux VM for development stuff. I do web development, including design work, so I would need the ability to run Photoshop and other tools. But for running my rub…
My laptop is my development machine, so I usually have my desktop (Windows, since it doubles as a gaming rig) in reach if I need Windows for Photoshop or Visual Studio or something else briefly and don't feel like firing up a VM.
It is mainly "How to use VirtualBox on Ubuntu to run Windows, then install Photoshop and use it." I mean, come on!
I've been doing it this way for over a year and it's been nearly perfect. It looks and feels like a native app like he says in the article. However, I've noticed issues with USB peripherals / Virtualbox that make Photoshop nearly impossible to use with a tablet for me.
The main problem with using a VM is that you won't be able to open PSD files directly from your file browser. Having to switch to Photoshop and browse for the file would end up being a huge time sink in the long term.
Did you actually read the article? It seems he solved that too.
I was doing something similar but end it up ditching the whole thing since I'm running CS6 on Wine without any problems (except a buggy lasso tool): https://gist.github.com/4610671 It checks for the VM state and waits the system to be ready, so you can turn off the vm if you want. Feel free to adapt to your needs.