Comments on: Parallels Aims to Help Windows-to-Mac Switchers

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[...] A migration utility that lets you import a real PC’s Windows installation over the network. (Parallels introduced something similar in August, but did so in a separate version of the product that does the job over a bundled USB cable.) [...]

By: Jeff H

Jeff H — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:47:45 +0000

BootCamp and Parallels are not an either-or thing. I use them both depending upon need. Parallels use extends battery life considerably on my MacBook 15″ but does not support the “Aero” features of Vista Home Premium. Sometimes I just need a full Windows machine (like to sync my Blackberry).

Even if I never ran the native Mac OS, this would still be the best Vista machine on the market.

By: John Baxter

John Baxter — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:04:36 +0000

I just set up a test Win 7 RC in VirtualBox on Mac. But my preference remains BootCamp, as I don’t need to run the odd Windows app–when I want to run Windows I’ll run it using Bootcamp (or the Dell on which I’m typing this).

Next laptop will be a MacBook Pro (13 in? 15 in?) running Win 7 final under bootcamp (and Snow Leopard, of course). Will replace a slow, aging Sony and a slow aging original MacBook.

Harry, you really ought to give VirtualBox a spin (the price is right).

By: George Brickner

George Brickner — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:35:02 +0000

I’m using Bootcamp and Virtual Boxto run the Windows 7 RC1.
I’m debating whether or not to delete the Bootcamp partition when I install Snow Leopard.

By: Nathan Keeter

Nathan Keeter — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:26:14 +0000

I’m a Virtualbox user as well. In fact I’m running a linux firewall/web content filter and a seperate Windows XP instance in a virtualbox on my Mini right now.

By: Kirk Augustine

Kirk Augustine — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:09:14 +0000

I use Sun’s VirtualBox. It is free and while not quite the feature set of the others, it has more than enough for me.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:46:49 +0000

I use Parallels when I need to run Windows (XP). Windows software seems to run just fine in the Parallels emulator, but occasionally I have to boot into “real” Windows (using Boot Camp). Some USB peripherals will not work through Parallels and a real running Windows is needed. I have also run Windows 7 and Ubuntu. It’s very handy to be able to run all these operating systems on one machine (MacBook Pro).

By: DaveZatz

DaveZatz — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:36:59 +0000

I gave up Boot Camp for good in April after Vista crashed so hard that it killed my OS X partition. Who knew that was possibly. I've been running both Parallels and Fusion since launch. Mostly Fusion these days since it ran less hot and handled video better than (the previous edition of) Parallels. Unless Apple hits us with an ultraportable this fall, though, I'm getting a netbook with a newer processor and Windows7