Mac : Parallels Desktop...
Discussion
flossythepig said:
The Dude said:
Full release version is available to buy from today for $49.99 ($30-off introductary offer until July 15th)
Is this the mac equivalent of VMware desktop, which is free?
It is, yes.
Though looking at the specs of both, it appears that Parallels is more comparable to VM Ace/Workstation (not free), rather than the free VM Player.
I've never used VM Player though, so I could be wrong.
Edited by The Dude on Friday 16th June 08:40
The Dude said:
it appears that Parallels is more comparable to VM Ace/Workstation (not free), rather than the free VM Player.
There's a free version of VMWare Server too, now. I think they're still calling it a beta, but I've been using it for a couple of months, and it works fine. I use it to run a couple of test XP machines and a couple of Linux workstations, and (on my hardware, for my purposes, no warranty given 
) it performs much better than either MS Virtual PC or MS Virtual Server, although it's obviously some way short of a dedicated ESX Server. Parallels are first to market though - VMware are *meant* to be developing an OS X workstation product, and Microsoft are 'looking into' a 'proper' virtualisation version of Virtual PC, whereas Parallels runs now.
However, with Rosetta already in Intel OS X for PPC apps, running Windows in virtualisation as well is going to be a monster load on RAM. I'm already paging out with 2GB in my main laptop, need to look into whether I can stick 2GB SO-DIMMs into the Macbooks for 4GB RAM. They're a bit expensive at the mo though
However, with Rosetta already in Intel OS X for PPC apps, running Windows in virtualisation as well is going to be a monster load on RAM. I'm already paging out with 2GB in my main laptop, need to look into whether I can stick 2GB SO-DIMMs into the Macbooks for 4GB RAM. They're a bit expensive at the mo though
cyberface said:
Parallels are first to market though - VMware are *meant* to be developing an OS X workstation product, and Microsoft are 'looking into' a 'proper' virtualisation version of Virtual PC, whereas Parallels runs now.
However, with Rosetta already in Intel OS X for PPC apps, running Windows in virtualisation as well is going to be a monster load on RAM. I'm already paging out with 2GB in my main laptop, need to look into whether I can stick 2GB SO-DIMMs into the Macbooks for 4GB RAM. They're a bit expensive at the mo though
However, with Rosetta already in Intel OS X for PPC apps, running Windows in virtualisation as well is going to be a monster load on RAM. I'm already paging out with 2GB in my main laptop, need to look into whether I can stick 2GB SO-DIMMs into the Macbooks for 4GB RAM. They're a bit expensive at the mo though
But the Rosetta/PPC situation will improve over time as more native versions of applications appear. Unless you're using some discontinued/obscure stuff I suppose.
I run it on my Dual Intel Mini with 2gb RAM and it fairly flies. Not as snappy as Boot Camp but then you don't need to reboot to switch so you have to accept a bit of trade-off.
I bought it during the Beta at an even lower price. Spent last night installing Win2k and patching (and patching and patching...)
Seems to run well, and with the drivers installed in Windows the mouse is seamless which is nice.
Tried to install the Vista Beta but no dice: the Parallels Bios in not fully ACPI compliant. I've heard Parallels will be fixing this in a later version...
Seems to run well, and with the drivers installed in Windows the mouse is seamless which is nice.
Tried to install the Vista Beta but no dice: the Parallels Bios in not fully ACPI compliant. I've heard Parallels will be fixing this in a later version...
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