[Hidden-tech] Bootcamp vs Parallel

Karl Hakkarainen kh at queenlake.com
Wed Jan 16 16:11:44 EST 2013


My experience with Parallels has been good, particularly for using guest
applications for short periods or for testing new versions of operating
systems and/or products. The biggest win is that you can share files easily
between your Mac and any guest operating system. You can also jump between
the two as needed.
For some applications, and this is where you might seen an issue, graphical
applications don't feel as quick as when running natively. There's nothing
really wrong, but it feels sluggish, as though I was running on an old
system. Bootcamp, by comparison, gives crisp performance. The downside, of
course, is that you need to reboot.
I'd give a slight tip to Parallels, but it'll depend on your feelings about
performance.
You might try the open source VirtualBox (
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads) for Mac to see what Windows on a
virtual machine is like on your Mac.
kh

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On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:01 PM, <donna at blazey.com> wrote:

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> Hi everyone,
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> I have a mac  and will be using a presentation program that is only for
> Windows. I'll be using this on a daily basis. Does anyone have experience
> with Apple Bootcamp vs Windows Parallel? I thought of getting a PC laptop,
> maybe even a used one, but I have everything mac.
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> Thanks,
> Donna Blazey
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> Bootcamp http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
> Windows Parallel (http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/resources/)
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