Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks guys. Apple's website has rave user reviews on VMWare. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spencer Cheng" <scheng@aotera.org> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Using Parallels on Mac? > I've been using Parallels for a year and half. Used VirtualPC before > switching to Parallels when I went from a PowerBook to a MacBook. Good > for things like MS Office but really not that great for CPU and memory > intensive applications like Photoshop for 2 reasons: high memory usage > and Parallels can only use 1 CPU core. I use it mainly for running > QuickBook. > > VMWare might be a better solution if you need to run CPU intensive > applications since it can use both CPUs and I think it might be a bit > more memory efficient. > > You can download and try both package from their respective websites. > > Regards, > Spencer > > On Apr 30, 2008, at 16:03, Christopher Williams wrote: > >> Anyone using Parallels on their Macs? I may be getting a Macbook and >> thinking about running Windows on it for some work software that >> does not yet have Mac support. I'm just assuming Parallels is the >> program to get. I know there are others such as Boot Camp. >> >> I plan on running XP and not Vista. >> >> I'm enjoying my iMac so much I really don't want to buy any more >> PCs. Yes, I could run Parallels on my iMac but it's just for >> processing/editing images and would prefer to leave it that way. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Chris >> NOLA >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information