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Subject: [Leica] OT! Macintosh Parallels Vs VMWare (warning: Apple content!)
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Sat Mar 8 18:18:56 2008
References: <20080308155708.GB23125@panix.com> <440b792d0803080951m103fbf6fq68b11a6eaa18dbbe@mail.gmail.com> <20080308184848.GE23125@panix.com>

REI, vmware does not have good game support. try the new version of
parallels and try it out. it works pretty good

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> wrote:
> the problems were basically getting past the login screen.
>  it think wouldn't take any keypresses.  i did the install as per
>  boot camp which worked fine.
>
>  as for the software it was stuff mostly that the family uses, kid's
>  games, or stuff they download.  very lightweight, temorary software
>  that won't be used much.
>
>  -rei
>
>
>
>  On Mar08 09:51, mehrdad wrote:
>  > REI, what kind of problems did you experience with Parallels  and what
>  > version are u running? also what do u usually run in windows and what
>  > version of windows are u loading
>  >
>  >
>  > both of these products let you download a trail version and try it
>  > out. so this could be a good start. also there is a company that sells
>  > drivers for Parallels and mac that allows access to the ntfs file
>  > system (i need to look the name) that works good.
>  >
>  > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> 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
>  > >
>  > >
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>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  >   -------------------------------------
>  >   regards, mehrdad
>  >
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>  --
>  Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
>  Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
>
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-- 
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  regards, mehrdad

In reply to: Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] OT! Macintosh Parallels Vs VMWare (warning: Apple content!))
Message from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] OT! Macintosh Parallels Vs VMWare (warning: Apple content!))
Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] OT! Macintosh Parallels Vs VMWare (warning: Apple content!))