I did not find Parallels difficult to configure, but then I have been using VMWare for some time, and I am familiar with the concepts and what needs to be done. I was initially interested because VMWare has been fairly expensive to re-purchase over the years, and Parallels is quite inexpensive by comparison.īoth install via RPM and the install is pretty straightforward. I downloaded a trial version of Parallels to see what it was like.
I have been using various versions of VMWare for the past 4 years to get around that barrier. I run SuSE 10 at the office, but I am required to run a few windows-only applcations.
They appear to be fairly equivalent, as far as I can tell. Keep in mind that Boot Camp is free, while Parallels costs $.
If you only use a few Windows apps irregularly and will primarily use OS X all day, then Parallels is the way to go. I don't need to use OS X at work for any reason, so dual-booting works for me. If you need to use Windows XP all day as your work OS (as I do), you will find Boot Camp to be the superior solution, if only for the snappiness of the system. The only special thing I had to do was install Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit (free from MS) to re-map my right Command key as a delete key so that I could use ctl-alt-delete to login to my domain. After you install the Apple-provided drivers for the MacBook (including Radeon drivers), the system runs incredibly smooth under XP. I installed Boot Camp yesterday and then installed Windows XP. Since I am transitioning from a 4-year old Dell Inspiron that is very peppy and snappy in the GPU department, I refused to tolerate any sluggishness whatsoever in my new ($2K+) computer. This makes the graphics of Windows XP seem sluggish. On the other hand, the Mobility Radeon X1600 GPU (with its 256MB of VRAM goodness) cannot be virtualized, so Parallels must emulate an 8meg SVGA card. The processor speed, because the Core Duo is simply being virtualized, is pretty much full speed. Waving my hand over my Macbook (accomplished with Shadowbook + Virtuedesktops), caused my screen to rotate into either Windows XP or OS X at will. I tried out Parallels and there's no doubt that it is a very useful piece of software. I bought a MacBook Pro recently, with the intention of having a single machine for home (OS X) and office (WinXP).
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