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    MacBook: Boot camp and Virtualization?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by RZetlin, Nov 15, 2006.

  1. RZetlin

    RZetlin Notebook Geek

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    I have a 12" iBook that works well, but the performance of Windows XP using Virtual PC Mac is slow.

    With the new MacIntel laptops I have a few questions:

    1) Does Virtual PC run well and fast under the native OS X?
    2) Under Boot camp, does Virtual PC run well?
     
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    I would actually recommend Parallels. If I remember correctly, Virtual PC is no longer being developed. Parallels runs very well. Virtual PC is also not really needed with Boot Camp. Boot Camp turns your Mac into a dual boot Windows OS X machine.
     
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  3. RZetlin

    RZetlin Notebook Geek

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    I do production testing with images, so I need to use VM Ware or Virtual PC.

    I need to know the performance of Windows virtualization under a Mac.
     
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  4. Wooky

    Wooky Notebook Evangelist

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    Parallels is a virtualization tool just like VMWare. It has quite good performance, but I'd say it is still not as mature as VMWare. There is a VWWare for Mactels in closed beta, it should be out sometime early next year.

    Basically you can:
    -use Parallels now;
    -use boot camp and dual boot with windows;
    -use bootcamp and install VMWare under windows;
    -wait for VMware for macs.

    VirtualPC for Macs won't be developed any more; I think it doesn't even run under Rosetta, but even if it did it would be slow as a turtle (double translation!!!)
     
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    good post .
     
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  6. Wooky

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    Have you ever took a Turing Test?
     
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  7. RZetlin

    RZetlin Notebook Geek

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    I will probably run boot camp and install Virtual PC for Windows and VMWare.

    Does anybody know how well the current VMWare and Virtual PC handles under boot camp?
     
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    It will be the same as you are used to on Windows. Boot Camp just creates a dual boot machine. When you start the machine you can choose XP or OS X.
     
    cashmonee, Nov 16, 2006
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    So in boot camp if I run two Windows 2003 servers and additional XP client via Virtual PC this will work?
     
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    It will work as well as any Windows notebook with similar specs. Understand that when you are running Windows in Boot Camp, you are running Windows at full speed, no overhead. It is a real Windows install. Having said that running three virtual machines at one time would be a lot for any laptop. Something like that really is better suited to a workstation such as a Mac Pro.
     
    cashmonee, Nov 16, 2006
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