Parallels

Is the price _really_ decent? Which model is it, how much RAM's it got etc.? RAM is a large factor in performance with intel Macs. 512 MB: Don't buy it (or immediately look for a RAM upgrade as well). 1 GB: Okay, but not if you're going to use a couple of high profile PPC apps which'll have to run in Rosetta emulation for now. More RAM: Good. That all sure depends on how...

I get the sneaking suspicion that instead of loading vmware or parallels to run Windows, one will simple need to do a key combination and flip to the other operating system, running simultaneously. ...

It can use your BootCamp partition. So you can have both in one go. Parallels costs money, but it's great. ...

The windows software is installed on the hard drive, and does not disappear when you quit the virtual system or shut off the computer. The application that uses that installation simply quits, as any application quits. Windows is just running as an application, and the computer is not actually booted to that Windows install. Most 'virtual' PC applications (lumping Parallels in...

If you are running windows in a virtual machine, it will disappear when the computer is turned off, won't it? Since installing Windows is such a pain, why would one want to install it like that, only to have it disappear when the computer shuts off. Someone with a laptop is going to have it shut off sometimes.

D , but Parallels supports that if you have the need. ...

and download Parallels Desktop for mac and install it with full support to all windows features. I'd like to install xp and use it a the same time that i use mac osx... ...

I was actually thinking about running my old image IN parallels, mounting the actual new boot camp partition as a volume and then copy stuff from the parallels image into boot camp. ...

It might be worth a try, but I wouldn't know how to bring a Parallels disk image onto a partition. ...

you can use that in Parallels as well. ...