Re: [Fed-Talk] Windows on the Mac
Re: [Fed-Talk] Windows on the Mac
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Windows on the Mac
- From: George Polich <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:19:03 -0500
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Windows on the Mac
Title: Re: [Fed-Talk] Windows on the Mac
Has any testing been done with Crossover for use of CAC? Most particularly for applications such as signing DTS (Defense Travel Service) auths/vouchers, or signing Army Forms (uses “Approve-It” app).
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George Polich
Army Public Affairs
On 11/19/09 13:34 PM, "Wm. Cerniuk" <email@hidden> wrote:
Another option is Sun’s Virtural Box. We are using that on both Windows and Mac for VM work. The nice part is that it is provided at no cost.
Lastly, I am fond of the CrossOver approach. which removes Windows from the equation and makes the application almost platform agnostic. It patches the call backs to Windows and translates them over to Mac calls and back. If windows says “DrawButton(place,size, color, text) it translates it to the Mac Cocoa / Carbon equivalent. Up side is that there is no Windows OS for viruses to attack in this model, in addition to having a significantly smaller footprint in the system. (not 15GB if Windows hanging around to run Outlook)
Best,
Wm. Cerniuk
Ph: 703.594.7616
On Nov 19, 2009, at 1:28 PM, James Alcasid wrote:
VMware and Parallels both have software to convert desktop PC systems to images that you can use. The FDCC images also come as .VHD so you may have to convert those, this is the federal baseline that most agencies will use. I am only familiar with the VMware conversion tools for this. You should contact your group that creates the enterprise images and go from there. Do you plan on binding these VMs to the AD network or are you just using the environment to run your custom PC applications?
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