For home I have used almost every OS out there and over the decades have decided not to use Windows
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So I have been waiting a long while waiting for an OS/X hosted fabric toolchain. In the mean time I have been using other solutions like analog processing or PIC multi-processing. The down side is some projects are a bit large. No matter how you place then a dozen PICS take up allot of room.
Sorry, but that's just retarded. Stick Quartus/ISE/whatever in Parallels or dual-boot Windows or Linux. The amount of time you actually spend dealing with the software can be minimal. You don't need it to edit Verilog. You're going to try to use a dozen freaking PICs for parallel tasks because you don't like "Winblows"? I don't like it either but I can boot into it when I want to use my logic analyzer or universal programmer or any number of other things that require it. I just take one Benadryl for the allergic reaction and all is good
@f_e, just my experience, but Quartus works a treat on the latest Debian with no effort.
I have tried various virtual machines but not Parallels, dual boot is not an option for me.
I have tried several took chains and none worked completely in any virtual machine.
In the past I have purchased various Windows licences but all had issues with sharing with OS/X.
I have one Win7 install, but now I know I have to bring it out of sleep 1hr before I need it for all the care it needs. It is attached to my PCB mill and I have auto updates disabled but it does them anyway in the middle of jobs, if I don't spend the hour before hand. Yes I have had several others attempt fixing this and several other issues, yes fresh installs have also been tried. These are the quirky issues that I prefer not to deal with. BTW I am talking about preference not a phobia, like you seemed to assume.
This is the only area of EE that my preference has caused a limitation, I really don't consider it "retarded"
Besides none of these sharing options are officially supported and iffy if they will work. Therefor requires at least a $400 risk. Only way to find a working solution is response like your derogatory reply.
BTW: I used "dozen" as an example, using multiple uC or processors is not unusual. The most uC was 18 and most of those where 6 pin PIC10s used as remote signal converters. Even if I used FPGAs it would still require 6 due to location requirements.
So, which version of Windows and Parallels works with Quartus and Lion?