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Is Windows upgrade supported by BootCamp
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 432127" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I too tried Fusion first. Then, I decided that I didn't want to wait for the beta to time out and would rather have a full product. Parallels looks and runs the same way that Fusion does, it's just more refined (that will of course change once Fusion is released).</p><p></p><p>Boot Camp allows you to install Windows in a separate partition so that you can choose to either boot into Windows or Mac OS at startup. It is not necessary to install Boot Camp to run Fusion or Parallels. In fact, both products are a lot more functional if you <em>don't</em> use them with a Boot Camp partition. For one thing, you can put the VM in standby mode and close it out if you need to, then later, you can immediately open it right back to where you were without having to put Windows in hibernation. In addition, you can also dynamically resize the Windows partition (it's actually a virtual hard drive file) if you need more space. With Boot Camp, the partition size is fixed.</p><p></p><p>Nevertheless, in their most recent incarnations, both Parallels and Fusion can use an existing Boot Camp partition. This means that you must first setup Boot Camp and install Windows. Then later, you can have Parallels detect the presence of a Boot Camp partition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 432127, member: 24098"] I too tried Fusion first. Then, I decided that I didn't want to wait for the beta to time out and would rather have a full product. Parallels looks and runs the same way that Fusion does, it's just more refined (that will of course change once Fusion is released). Boot Camp allows you to install Windows in a separate partition so that you can choose to either boot into Windows or Mac OS at startup. It is not necessary to install Boot Camp to run Fusion or Parallels. In fact, both products are a lot more functional if you [I]don't[/I] use them with a Boot Camp partition. For one thing, you can put the VM in standby mode and close it out if you need to, then later, you can immediately open it right back to where you were without having to put Windows in hibernation. In addition, you can also dynamically resize the Windows partition (it's actually a virtual hard drive file) if you need more space. With Boot Camp, the partition size is fixed. Nevertheless, in their most recent incarnations, both Parallels and Fusion can use an existing Boot Camp partition. This means that you must first setup Boot Camp and install Windows. Then later, you can have Parallels detect the presence of a Boot Camp partition. [/QUOTE]
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