[FRIAM] Mac running Windows?

[Richard Harris]

Hi Carl,

I'm not an expert, but I've spent one or two evenings playing with  
Parallels on a Mini - core duo with 1 GB, and a black MacBook core  
duo with 512MB. The difference in memory had pretty drastic effects  
on performance. They list 512 as being the minimum requirement, and 1  
GB as the recommended. I'd suggest that 1 GB is the minimum. This was  
perfectly fine for me, but I tend to be very parsimonious with my use  
of windows and open applications.

A nice thing about Parallels is that it seems to set up a special  
file, which represents the file system of the VM. You don't create  
special partitions, or worry about NTFS, FAT32, etc. By default, this  
file is about 8 GB, but, of course, you can change the size of it.

One thing I'd like to do is see if this special file can be moved  
from one machine to another, or archived. That way, if you re-install  
your OS, can you just restore this file, after installing parallels,  
and have your old VM with applications again?

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Rich Harris
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On Nov 14, 2006, at 9:33 PM, Carl Tollander wrote:

> I've got a similar issue; since a client's project involves an app  
> that
> ONLY works on Windows (!) and
> needs the low level graphics driver access I'm probably gonna have to
> use both Parallels AND Bootcamp.
> My question re Bootcamp would be, how easy is it to modify  
> partitions or
> even get rid of the
> thing once I'm done with it.
>
> Carl
>
> Tim Densmore wrote:0
>> Supposedly parallels is the way to go - there are many issues with  
>> bootcamp,
>> like all of the function keys don't work in windows and a few  
>> other fairly
>> major showstoppers.  Virtualization has really come a long way - some
>> processors even supposedly have special instruction sets for it,  
>> but the jury
>> is still out on how helpful they really are.  Some folks say it's  
>> like night
>> and day, others say it's not worth the extra $$$ for the  
>> processors.  The
>> guys for TLLTS recently had Erik Troan from rPath on.  It was a very
>> interesting interview.
>>
>> On Tuesday 14 November 2006 8:20 pm, Owen Densmore wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I gotta ask now that there are probably several of us who have
>>> experienced Mac running Windows on the newish Intel Mac systems:
>>>
>>> How well does this work for you?  How do you do it, with  
>>> Parallels or
>>> Boot Camp or VMWare?  Comments on the experience?
>>>
>>> I ask 'cause I'm about to get a new 17" critter and I'd like to know
>>> how well it works.
>>>
>>>      -- Owen
>>>
>>> Owen Densmore   http://backspaces.net
>>>
>>>
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