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Parallels..

  • 08-10-2007 1:17am
    #1
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone have it and would you recommend it?

    I'm of half a mind to stick an extra few GB of ram in my MBP and use it for running several specialized photo applications.


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  • #2
    deevey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 707 ✭✭✭deevey


    Well I find it fantastic on my macbook .. 2gigs ram ..from a handyness point of view .. but mainly just for things work require me to have windows installed e.g. sql server / PC anywhere and Yahoo / MSN.

    Graphics are limited .. on the macbook I get 220 megs of video ram .. in parallels only 64megs max :(

    To be honest though for anything serious like graphics / photo manipulation I Use Bootcamp to get full use of the hardware ... proper speed :D and free - if its only occassional use though it would be fine.


  • #3
    m_stan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭m_stan


    I also find it great. Be warned about Bootcamp though - when Leopard comes out, bootcamp is going to expire on Tiger so if you want to continue using beyond the end of October it you'll have to upgrade to Leopard.


  • #4
    440Hz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭440Hz


    Have a read up on Fusion as well Mark.

    I have to agree with deevey though, the performance is notably better under Bootcamp for the more 'serious' applications. having said that, you could keep running anything with a high load like Lightroom, Aperture, PS, Ai elc on OS X and then limit the PC specific ones, you would prob get away with Parallels or Fusion. You are using a 2GHz MBP right? I forget when you bought yours.


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