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Ordering iMac today!!! Parallels worthwhile?
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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 590338" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>In my experience.....</p><p>Parallels is ok as long as you give it at least 756mb(with XP) or 1gb(Vista) - I have 2gb ram total. Anything less and it was slow and clunky.</p><p></p><p>It's ok for occasional stuff, office etc. But if you're firing up Photoshop or the Corel suite you'll find BootCamp-ing into full-blown windows much less frustrating.</p><p></p><p>I've only tried the trial of VMWare Fusion but it was much the same give or take.</p><p></p><p>Parallels will use the BootCamp partition as it's 'VM' if it finds one so you can have both.</p><p></p><p>If they're throwing it in for free or less than retail it's worth having.</p><p></p><p>All my experiences are based on my 2.16ghz core2duo 2gb Macbook. If you're getting something with more power and ram parallels may be a more attractive solution.</p><p></p><p>mrplow</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 590338, member: 38928"] In my experience..... Parallels is ok as long as you give it at least 756mb(with XP) or 1gb(Vista) - I have 2gb ram total. Anything less and it was slow and clunky. It's ok for occasional stuff, office etc. But if you're firing up Photoshop or the Corel suite you'll find BootCamp-ing into full-blown windows much less frustrating. I've only tried the trial of VMWare Fusion but it was much the same give or take. Parallels will use the BootCamp partition as it's 'VM' if it finds one so you can have both. If they're throwing it in for free or less than retail it's worth having. All my experiences are based on my 2.16ghz core2duo 2gb Macbook. If you're getting something with more power and ram parallels may be a more attractive solution. mrplow [/QUOTE]
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