We have Parallels running on two machines. You don't need 2GB but you'll want it. Joseph __________________ Joseph Steig | CFO Canopy Development Company LLC www.canopydevelopment.com On 11/10/06, Matthew Crocker <matthew at crocker.com> wrote: > ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to post . > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > > > > I have a MacBookPro 2Ghz Core Duo, 2 GB RAM as my main machine. I > run Parallels w/ Win XP SP2. It works very well, the key is having > enough RAM. The clipboards are linked, you can share your mac home > directory to your WinXP system. Networking is cool (Win XP on > wireless, OS X on Ethernet, or both on Ethernet) Everything seems to > work very well. I haven't tried any USB devices through XP but I > assume they would work. VirtualPC was horrible, Parallels is sooo > much better. > > I haven't played with Boot Camp, dual booting has no use for me. I > live in OS X and randomly have to access WinXP for some XP only > software. rebooting the machine is something I avoid doing. I'm a > unix guy at heart and unix likes to stay running for long periods of > time. > > I have also used CodeWeavers Office (Wine on OS X). It works pretty > well but there are a bunch of small gotchas. > > -Matt > > On Nov 10, 2006, at 2:34 PM, David Spound wrote: > > > ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to > > post . > > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > > > > > > I am seeking advice from anyone on our list who has used Apple's > > Boot Camp or Parallels Desktop to run Windows on their Mac. I would > > like to know if you recommend one over the other and why. I just > > ordered a new MacBook Pro and would like to install Boot Camp or > > Parallels as soon as it arrives (I know I will have to buy Windows, > > too). > > > > My primary interest in having Windows is to view Web pages in IE > > that I have created on my Mac. Since Parallels desktop can run > > simultaneously with Mac OS X, it would seem to be the more > > convenient solution. However, I interested in finding out if one > > works better than the other. After many years of running Soft PC > > and Virtual PC, I am pleased to be able to run Windows at a > > reasonable speed. > > > > Also, I will want to protect my Windows OS from the many maladies > > that one can download. What sort of protective software would be > > advisable? Please note that I have no plans to use Microsoft Office > > for Windows or receive email in Windows. > > > > Thank you for any advice you can offer. > > > > David > > > > ++++++++++ > > > > David Spound, M.Ed. > > > > Valley Mindfulness > > Programs for Stress Reduction, Health and Well-Being > > > > (413) 219-0654 > > david at valleymindfulness.com > > http://www.valleymindfulness.com > > > > A Taste of Mindfulness: > > Tuesday, November 14, 2006, 6:00–8:00 pm > > Sunday, December 10, 2006, 10:00 am–12:00 pm > >> > > Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: > > January 23–March 13, 2007 (Tuesday evenings) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech > > Discussion list. > > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > -- > Matthew S. Crocker > Vice President > Crocker Communications, Inc. > Internet Division > PO BOX 710 > Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 > http://www.crocker.com > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members >