Windows Mobile Development on MacBook Pro?

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Published on 2010-03-11T04:25:46Z Indexed on 2010/03/11 5:58 UTC
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I am a frequent Windows Mobile application developer in need of a new development laptop.

I am considering a MacBook or Macbook Pro running either Fusion from VMWare or Parallels Desktop. This will give me the option to port my applications to the iPhone depending on what MS does with WM 6.5 and 7.

Has anybody tried doing Windows Mobile development using Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center (or ActiveSync) and VS2008 on the MacBook Pro using one of these virtual machines? Does the device emulator work properly? What about debugging a Windows Mobile device over a USB cable?

In general, do most USB drivers (non HID) designed for Windows work under these virtual machines?

Thanks.

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