Re: Question for Ecco Mac users ...

Hi George.  I replied to you first but the reply didn't show so here goes again ....

Thanks for the detailed reply.  Sound as though Parallels and Virtual Box (and probably VMWare) all do about the same thing.  I really love VB.  I am able to get three tmes the amount of work out of a single Windows box (before I choke it from running too many processes at once) as I could get from running just one OS - even if the OS is 64 bit.  Yes I can still 'choke out' Win 7 64 bit using Firefox and getting carried away with too many open tabs but I've found 8GB can eek three XP's plus Win 7.  That means four instances of Ecco, four of Firefox, etc., all on one box and except for getting confused as to which OS I'm on*, it is seamless. The fact that I can cut and paste between desktops and also use Ecco as a common data point in all desktops and then also have the 'P' drive open in all instances makes for a seamlessly transparent 'power user' system.  Now I want to add a Mac user to the network and he will need Ecco + EE.so it is time to ask questions :)

-Mark

* NOTE: If anyone is interested in learning more about setting up this type of system, I'd be glad to continue the discussion.  Just let me know.  For example  - to make this work in a practical sense you need a couple versions XP OS add-on software which changes the look and feel of XP (bigger visual changes than what you can do just using desktop controls)  such that if you add a custom desktop graphic plus make the 'look and feel' chagnes to the XP OS using this SW, switching between instances is no longer confusing b/c you have lots of visual cues to keep things straight.