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    question about parallels

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by stealthsniper96, Jun 12, 2007.

  1. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    if i was gona run parallels with vista home premium, which version would i need? im on newegg right now and they have the upgrade version, the system builders version, OEM, and retail. all of them vary in prices. (this is part of the reason im gona go to mac) thx for the help.
     
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    jimboutilier Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Any upgrade version would be a real pain, and likely the OEM version would best serve your needs.
     
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    M@lew Notebook Evangelist

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    Vista and Parallels don't run very well, so keep that in mind. Of course it entirely depends on your specs, but if you want to run Windows through Parallels, go XP. Or if you really want to run Vista, Boot Camp is your best option.
     
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    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    ok thanks for the tip. could i use the xp re-install disk that came with my old dell or do i need an OEM copy?
     
    stealthsniper96, Jun 13, 2007
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    The dell copy will work, but you'll get all the crap that Dell installs initially also. I would suggest grabbing a fresh copy of XP SP2 off a torrent site. It's completely legal as long as you have your own serial number.
     
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    wrightc23 Notebook Consultant

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    Personally I prefer VMWare Fusion. You can create a Boot Camp partition and access it via VMWare under OS X. It works really well.
     
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    I believe parallels now also supports the feature you were talking about wright. BTW I have been running my new MBP in w/ parallels (on XP pro) and I have been really impressed. It only takes about 5 seconds to start up parallels and open outlook 2007. The "compatibility mode" in parallels has made my switch over to a mac flawless.
     
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    What are the specs of your mbp? It takes about a minute from me opening parallels to the point where windows is ready to use. Also what version of parallels are you using?
     
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    Yes it does however only for XP. VM Fusion supports Vista.

    Don't get me wrong I've got Parallels 3 as well and it's a decent product. Actually if you could combine the best parts of both VM Fusion and Parallels 3 we'd have an awsome virtualisation tool.

    Parallels DirectX support and coherence mode is obviously better than VM Fusion. However VM Fusion has multi core support plus accessing a Vista Boot Camp partition (and therefore not needing to have a separate virtual disk and consume valuable disk space).
     
    wrightc23, Jun 13, 2007
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