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Hi Folks,
I am running Vista and OS X natively on a new Mac Pro. Now I am trying to virtualize the natively installed Vista via Parallels 4. I am not planning to migrate Vista into a virtual machine completely, rather I want to use Vista natively when...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
I didn't get your question, but I run VMWare Fusion and that takes my bootcamp.
There's a Parallels page that describes how to do so.
Normally the way to do this is to use seperate hardware profiles .
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What are your experiences with running the Windows version of Excel on the MBA? How much hard drive space do you allocate to running Windows 7 with Excel? Do you use a separate Windows keyboard?
I have an MBA i5 with 4gb RAM and a 128gb hard drive. Trying...
Started by Sinophile on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at macrumors):
This is a great combination as Parallels uses your Parallels....
This is a great combination as Parallels uses your Bootcamp to use.
I run both Bootcamp and Parallels.
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I understand Parallels can point to a bootcamp partition and load it but can bootcamp point to a Parallels VM on the disc and load it from there?
Started by rpmor on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at macrumors):
Thanks for the info..
Boot Camp won't be able to find or mount a Parallels disk image.
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Hi, I want to install windows 7 but I'm confused which method I should use to install it. I will be using the Windows OS for mainly to run Visual Studio 2010, Office application. Which method should I use? And I have a questions about the Parallels, would...
Started by dacoolest on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at macrumors):
Could any Parallels users please tell me about the battery life you get when using windows through parallels? Parallels wil have some helpers that load because when you're in Parallels....
Thanks for the reply.
Native speeds that way.
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I'm curious for all your Mac users out there which virtualization software you use and why? I've been a VM Ware user for Windows for years and have been running Parallels on my Mac (mainly because VM Ware was in Beta when I got Parallels).
I'm curious...
Started by Don on
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by 25 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
My experience with Parallels has been positive, and if you Box is a good virtualization tool, but rather barebones compared to VMware Fusion and Parallels'? "It depends." :)
Mactech.com had a great....
Fusion can use a Boot Camp partition.
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I just discovered bootcamp and I'm psyched that I can run Windows 7 RC on the MacBook Pro without using a virtual machine. However the virtual machines run a bit better because they support remapping the MacBook's keyboard. Currently I can't find an equivalent...
Started by Ken Pespisa on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Also....
Step 3 on Page 14 talks about installing the drivers from the DVD .
You might want to take a look at the Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide .
I believe they are available on the MacOS DVD.
You have to install the Mac Keyboard drivers for Windows .
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Just bought a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac with 2GB of memory and a 320GB hard drive. I plan on doing some .net development on it using a BootCamp/VMWare combo since VMWare grants access to the bootcamp partition.
What is a recommended size for a BootCamp...
Started by Mac on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Why? It's a lot easier to have a really large virtual disk which is not using... .
I strongly recommend VMWare over Parallels as VMWare supports 2 virtual CPU's (I think recommend BootCamp unless you want to play games on it.
Of apps at once.
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I have a copy of OS X Leopard running on a partitioned hard drive. The other partition has a copy of Windows XP running on bootcamp. As a result of this I can boot into either Windows xp OR Mac OS X natively.
I want to be able to run them both at the ...
Started by Goober on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Virtualised XP.
Is great!
Note Parallels also allows integration with Bootcamp , and it may be possible though seems a second copy of the bootcamp item appears in the selector menu, this is harmless.
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Olá Pessoal,
Sou novo no sistema OSX, comprei recentemente um MacBook Pro 13", porém, trabalho muito com programas windows ainda, como Quartus II, ModelSim.
Instalei o BootCamp e funcionou normal, mas gostaria de utilizar os dois sistemas ao mesmo tempo...
Started by johncs on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at zwame):
Camp ou em HD Virtual? Ao utilizares no Parallels a partição que ja tens no bootcamp do windows o windows nativamente(portanto atravez de bootcamp) ou pelo Parallels, mas neste caso não ha diferença poiso parallels ....
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Hi Folks,
i will try Parallels Desktop on my iMac. But i hate Windows....mhh...
But i have to use it for some programs.. :/
Is it bad for my iMac to Install it? Should i better install it via
Bootcamp? Or both...so that i can switch fast for a program...
Started by Fabse on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Note that if you install Windows in both BootCamp and Parallels;1j6rnuw.11okkyitxim3kN%nospam....
Games, then BootCamp
can work better.
There are a few things that don't do well in Parallels, but work in
bootCamp.
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