Another way to go could be ies4osx, but I have not kept up on that either.

Internet Exlporer Mac OS X Using

Well cover how to run Internet Explorer under Mac OS X using a tool called WineBottler, which allows you to run windows apps like IE6, IE7, or even IE8 on your Mac.

Now I dont know anyone that wants to run Internet Explorer 6 for personal use, but if youre doing any kind of development work for the web, you likely are required to check for IE6 compatibility.

WineBottler is dependent on Wine to be able to run Internet Explorer 6, IE7, or even IE8 on your Mac and its included in the WineBottler download package.

Says I need internet Explorer 6 or 7, and firefox and chrome are not supported.

IS IT OK to download ANOTHER web browser just for one application.

Getting it working isnt quite as easy as the virtual machine methods above and it utilizes.

Most web developers want to make sure their sites render properly on browsers people are using.

The thought of having to purchase yet another program, such as Parallels to run Windows in, only to check sites in IE seems rather overkill to me.

It will require at least 4GB of RAM on your Mac so you can dedicate another 1GB or 2GB to the virtual box virtual machine.

Before you install it, you will want to be sure you have enough space on your mac to make virtual machines.

You will need an installation CD and a valid product keycode from Microsoft or the XP install disk from Dell with the machine product key sticker code.

You can re-activate that Dell key, ONLY USING the DELL created INSTALL DISK.

But your Mac runs at best performance as long as you are NOT running at 80 hard drive capacity.

Also, before you install, reboot the mac and run repair permissions from the disk utility in the utility folder.

This will clean up any potential problems with the OS before the installation.

Internet Exlporer Free Virtual Machine

I know that vmware has a free virtual machine player, and if you register with their site, you used to be able to download and try read only virtual machines prebuilt.

For simple html testing that may be the best option if it exists.

I understand that some companies depend on microsoft.NET to develop web apps, which in turn cause you to use a browser that uses the highly exploitable ActiveX: IE 6, IE7, IE8 and IE 9.

Running this in a virtual machine may be your only RELIABLE option.

One piece of advice once you install windows xp inside of virtual box (you will need a real registration key) COMPLETELY update the OS using Windows Update until there are no more upgrades (will require internet access to the virtual machine and several virtual machine reboots), then immediately CLONE the virtual machine.

This way, if you ever have to clean up an infected virtual machine, you can do so by deleting the ld one and re-clone from the known good clone.

Internet Exlporer For Mac