On Feb 4, 2008 10:19 AM, Brian B. Riley wrote: > I run OSX leopard on an original issue MacBook Pro and run XP under > Bootcamp (essentially dual boot) for more or less the reasons stated. > I DO NOT run VMs because none of them have reliable USB to run the > various programming adapters I need for my development work. > It seems now Macs are getting a bit more popular due to the fact now it can run Windows as well. As for VMs, it is said that VMware under Linux host works fine with quite some USB device with Windows guest OS, including Microchip ICD2 and Real ICE. Maybe Parallels will catch up with VMware in the future. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist