Parallels just like Bootcamp?

Is Parallels just like Bootcamp? Because I need to connect my Sony mp3 player to my Macbook and it needs the "Connect" software. I dont believe there's anything like this for the mac so I would probably run parallels to connect my mp3 player to the software.

My question is, I'm pretty sure that I can do this whilst in Bootcamp, but can I in Parallels? I'm wondering because it is a virtual machine.

 

It should work in parallels. Not really sure.
But honestly, you can't drag and drop with your sony mp3 player?
I'd be seriously pissed if I bought an mp3 player that doesn't support that feature. Though, it's sony and that doesnt' surprise me too much.

But yeah, should be fine in parallels.

 

Yes it will work with parallels. The only things that won't work with parallels but will with bootcamp are hardware accelerated applications like 3D games.

 

I wish. Not all USB devices work with Parallels. Hope it works with your Sony MP3, but even if it does it works at 1.1 speed AFAIK.
I really agree that any MP3 should support drag and drop, but just like Apple iPods, most MP3s simply don't work that way sadly.

 

The nanos and video ipods support drag and drop. I dragged & dropped a bunch of mp3s onto my ex's nano and they worked fine.
it won't work if they're the aac or whatever that are DRM protected.

 

Yes it works in parallel

 

You sure? Which generation of nano? I am pretty sure both the 1st gen video and nano do not support dnd. You can drag and drop mp3s onto it, and later transfer them to another computer; but the ipod won't play it. iPods use a special database to store mp3s and playlists. Perhaps this has changed on the second gen, but I highly doubt it. Unless you are referring to drag and droo under iTunes, which isn't any different from Sony's proprietary software.

 

The first gen nano. I'm 100% sure on that. You just have to drag it into the right folder. I've asked a few other people who use ipods and they've all gotten it to work. No hacks or anything.
I'll have her ocme over and try it again later. It's possible that iTunes transfered the songs over as well as when i dragged & dropped... Maybe it did it automatically. But yeah, several other ipod users just drag & drop... so I dunno.

 

Curious. You were on a Mac or a Windows machine? have mine right here, gonna try... into which folder you dropped the mp3? iPod_control?

:: EDIT:: I tried (closed iTunes beforehand) and it didn't work. Also I did a search and everywhere turned out that the nano haven't dnd capability... not that I am doubting you but I'd like to know exactly what you did...

 

Did you put it in Disk Mode or not, Wooky?

 

Tried both ways... did you managed to make it as well? This is one instance I would love to be wrong, it would make life so much easier... but then there are a ton of sotfware to make the iPods work without iTunes like Sharepod, Linux developers constantly struggle with changes with the iTunes DB format to make softs like Amarok or GTKpod work, and so on... so I guess the chances that iPods support true dnd are small. Probably it is some iTunes interaction with Finder, and while a nice touch it is not true dnd.

 

Just tried it myself with Disk mode, no luck.

Not that I see what the big issue with using iTunes to sync stuff is, I can understand people who want to just drag & drop but it's drag & drop from iTunes too if you manually manage music so eh. But that's just me I guess