But will Parallels or Fusion allow you to boot directly into Windows if you need to play a video game or something?
If you are doing gaming then a virtual PC is not for you. It will be lacking the necessary drivers to render things in 3D. If you are going to game then you need to install Windows via Bootcamp.
Why is everyone that comes here so adamant about gaming on a notebook? T_T"
Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8 core 2.8GHz 14GB RAM, Geforce 8800GT, Dell 3008WFP
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I don't even know if these exist but something like a DVI split with a switch to go from one connection to the other would be cool or something that could do that.
I don't think anyone's mentioned this yet explicitly but yes there are DVI KVM (keyboard video mouse) switch boxes available out there.
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How do you set up a network between a PC and Mac so you can transfer files or sync them together in any way
Setting up file sharing is very simple between a Mac and PC. You can just share the drive you want on your PC and create a user on there for the Mac to login with, make sure a network is in place between the two computers and then you should be able to see the PC from Finder on the Mac and browse to it's file shares!
Setting up file sharing is very simple between a Mac and PC. You can just share the drive you want on your PC and create a user on there for the Mac to login with, make sure a network is in place between the two computers and then you should be able to see the PC from Finder on the Mac and browse to it's file shares!
Thanks for the KVM tips. I was looking at those as I read your post.
Would the network require a shared hard drive? Or are they connected in some other way? Is the harddrive connected to the computers simultaneously.?
Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8 core 2.8GHz 14GB RAM, Geforce 8800GT, Dell 3008WFP
If you want to exchange files between your Mac and PC you can share a folder or entire drive of the PC and access that drive via the Mac.
That way you can take files from the PC that you need to use on the Mac, and place files on the PC's hard drive from the Mac that you wish to access on the PC.
It sounds like you are under the impression an external hard drive is required, it's not. You can share the drive (or just a folder on the drive) of the hard disk inside the PC which it's using.
If you want to exchange files between your Mac and PC you can share a folder or entire drive of the PC and access that drive via the Mac.
That way you can take files from the PC that you need to use on the Mac, and place files on the PC's hard drive from the Mac that you wish to access on the PC.
It sounds like you are under the impression an external hard drive is required, it's not. You can share the drive (or just a folder on the drive) of the hard disk inside the PC which it's using.
You need a router or something thou right? How is the PC connecting with the mac? A cable, Ethernet, through something? I've been looking at demo and how-to's on this but none of them say how that initial connection exists.
Mac Specs: Macbook Pro, 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 415GB HDD, 50GB Windows XP, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M
You can use a wireless router, as I do. The modem is actually attached to my PC because it's an older one without a wireless card, but my MBP connects to it via an Airport Extreme base.
But honestly, I never use my PC, it's much easier to use Fusion or use Boot Camp to reboot in Windows if I need to.
