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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 644917" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Check out "<a href="http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_windowsmobile.php" target="_blank">The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile</a>".</p><p></p><p>Also note that Boot Camp is not a program per se. It is merely a wizard that partitions your hard drive and prepares the EFI to install Windows natively on your machine in a dual-boot manner. </p><p></p><p>Parallels on the other hand (and VMWare Fusion, which is very similar) are so-called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization" target="_blank">virtualization</a> products. What they do is essentially set up a "virtual machine" that runs within a window on your Mac. In that fashion, you can run both Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously. So, if you need to run one particular Windows app, you don't have to go through the hassle of rebooting your machine and bringing Windows up that way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you're going to run Windows XP in Parallels, you can devote 512MB to it and still run very comfortably, leaving you 1.5GB for Mac OS X (Leopard runs pretty comfortably with 1GB). I'd hold off for now and see how it goes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I highly recommend Crucial.com. They are the retail arm of Micron, one of the biggest memory manufacturers in the industry. Great customer service, great prices, guaranteed compatibility and lifetime warranty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 644917, member: 24098"] Check out "[URL="http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_windowsmobile.php"]The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile[/URL]". Also note that Boot Camp is not a program per se. It is merely a wizard that partitions your hard drive and prepares the EFI to install Windows natively on your machine in a dual-boot manner. Parallels on the other hand (and VMWare Fusion, which is very similar) are so-called [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization"]virtualization[/URL] products. What they do is essentially set up a "virtual machine" that runs within a window on your Mac. In that fashion, you can run both Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously. So, if you need to run one particular Windows app, you don't have to go through the hassle of rebooting your machine and bringing Windows up that way. If you're going to run Windows XP in Parallels, you can devote 512MB to it and still run very comfortably, leaving you 1.5GB for Mac OS X (Leopard runs pretty comfortably with 1GB). I'd hold off for now and see how it goes. I highly recommend Crucial.com. They are the retail arm of Micron, one of the biggest memory manufacturers in the industry. Great customer service, great prices, guaranteed compatibility and lifetime warranty. [/QUOTE]
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