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    Use Boot Camp withj Parallels Desktop 5?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by tigereat, Dec 25, 2009.

  1. tigereat

    tigereat Notebook Consultant

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    Dear Guys, I found this advertisement and got confused

    http://www.parallels.com/landingpage/dskd38-14/?source=google_us&gclid=CI-AwOD28p4CFRaenAodryXDJQ

    It's about Using Boot Camp Better With Parallels Desktop® 5 for Mac.

    We know the run Window on Mac with Boot Camp and with Parallels Desktop has different advatages and disadvantages. For example, with Boot Camp method, can run high-performance PC-only software at full speed on my new iMac but unable to run both OSes at the same time. With Paralells Desktop, can run high-performance PC-only software at almost native speed in VM but can run both OSes without rebooting

    However this advertisement is telling me that we can run high-performance PC-only software at full speed in a Mac’s native hardware environment without rebooting. I have been using Paralells Desktop 5 to run Windows 7 visually on my new iMac, but my PC-only software will never run at full speed in a Mac’s native hardware environment. I checked the perfomance on visual mode and found that Parallels Desktop allowed my iMac to use at most 1 Core or Processor (I have 2 cores) and 2GB of Ram (I have 4 GB). So it's not running at full capabilities of my Mac's hardware at all.

    Can you guys check the link above and please tell me if i'm misunderstanding something? or If anyone know what it means and know how to use Boot Camp Better toghether With Parallels Desktop 5 to obtain the both advantages from Boot Camp and Parallel Desktop 5

    THanks so much
     
    tigereat, Dec 25, 2009
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  2. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    You will never be able to run apps in a virtual environment, faster than in a native environment.

    It's marketing, and nothing more.
     
    Khris, Dec 26, 2009
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  3. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    the simplest way to think about it is that they are flatly lying.

    also, i recommend vmware fusion over parallels.
     
    masterchef341, Dec 26, 2009
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  4. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    most of that page is a bunch of mumbo jumbo marketing BS

    The only feature on that page that has anything to do with Bootcamp, is that you can use your Bootcamp installation to run as a virtual machine. So you can boot up the same install of Windows in Parallels, then reboot and boot natively into Windows... without having to have 2 separate Windows installations. This is an old feature, nothing new... that VMWare can do as well.
     
    doh123, Dec 27, 2009
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