Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you want to run WinXP on Boot Camp, all you need is a full install copy of XP. The setup assistant will partition the HD, then you install Windows. For Parallels, you don't open the boot camp assistant, just follow usual installation routine. I have used both, Parallels is good for the office, where both can run concurrently; at home I only use XP very rarely, so Boot Camp/XP. WinXP runs better in Boot Camp; my iMac is the fastest Windows computer I've had. It sounds to me like you would be better off without Parallels. Most reviews of it's new version seem lukewarm unless gaming is a priority. HTH, Phil On Mar 8, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > a very off-topic question which i ask because i know > there resides here a unique intersection of computer-literate > folks, and practical and intelligent apple users who ride > their machines hard. > > our family has intel versions of the imac and ibook but we > occasionally > "need" a PC version of some program or another. for aethetic reasons, > i'd prefer something that can run the virtual PC (XP) out of a unique > disk partition. something that would work with boot camp would be > perfect. > > i bought Parallels about a year ago, but it never really worked > from the boot camp partition. Parallels say i can buy a new version > which might fix the problem, but I hate buying software once and > loathe buying it twice. so maybe better to switch from Parallels to > VMWare. > > anybody have any experience comparing Parallels and VMWare, > preferably > with Apple Bootcamp? > > thanks, > > -rei > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information