Testing in IE6 on a Mac

Question

As of now, I don't have a PC to test IE6 on. I have parallels and have tried all the side-by-side apps, virtual machines, etc, but I'm still not sure if they process

1. javascript correctly, and
2. Microsoft Conditional Comments.

I have some PNG 24s in my site, and I'm using the DD_belatedPNG script to make them work. However, I can't tell if its working or not! It appears not to be, however, I'm still not certain whether the VMs and side-by-side are working with the Javascript correctly.

Any thoughts?

Answer 1

If you're using a virtual machine to run Windows XP, everything should work pretty much as it would on a PC. A virtual environment emulates another hardware system. In VMWare, for instance, you'll find that the virtual machine has it's own BIOS and specifications that are likely to be different than your Mac. The virtual machine should behave as if it knows nothing of your Mac.

The operating system you install on a Mac, Windows XP for example, should be the same Windows XP that another user would have on a PC.