There were enough problems with Parallels that I simply ditched it. I’d recommend VMWare Fusion for the virtual server. I’ve found Windows XP Pro 圆4 bit works best if you want to run Windows, and Red Hat 4.0 Advanced Server screams in the VM with enough memory.Įnough introduction, here are the steps. They actually do work on Vista but I’ve heard the new Vista license agreements may prohibit their use on Mac OS X in a VM. If you have 4GBs of memory, they all work fine. Unless you require Java or User Defined Object Types (UDTs) inside your development instance, I’d recommend you install Oracle Database 10g Express Edition on a MacBook or MacBook Pro when you have 2GBs of memory or less.

You can run Oracle Database 10gR1 on a G5 (PowerPC 970) processor (a detail I apparently missed in the installation notes on the Oracle Technical Network), but why do that? You can run Oracle Database 10gR2, Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, or Oracle Database 11g in a virtual machine on a MacBook, MacBook Pro, or Mac Pro. Oddly, the few distracting Java errors that SQL*Developer raises on a PC don’t get raised on the Mac OS X.Īt present, Oracle databases don’t run natively on Mac OS X with an Intel processor. You’ll be able to run SQL*Plus from the Mac OS command-line, SQL*Developer natively in Mac OS, and Oracle Enterprise Manager in Mac browser (of your choosing). The virtual machine should be a background process, whether it is a Linux, Windows XP Pro or Vista instance. The best thing about working on a MacBook or MacBook Pro is working on it, not working on the VMWare Fusion instance.

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