Also, the drawback of having Parallels using a Bootcamp partition is that you can't make snapshot. And snapshots rocks! ;)
/Max On 10/9/07, Leon Seremelis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Haha, I understand completely, that makes perfect sense. :) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kai > Koenig > Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2007 10:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Parallels or Bootcamp? > > > :) I just don't like Windows to have full control over my beloved Mac hardware > and to give it it's own partition, that's basically it - and the reason why > I've made the switch anyway. It might not be a perfectly logical > justification, > but I feel more comfortable having Windows just in it's little self-contained > environment on the Mac HD. > > To be honest, if some of my clients weren't on SQL Server, I probably > wouldn't > even have Parallels installed... Well - and for playing with CF/.NET > integration. > I do all my other CF/Flex development directly on the Mac. > > Cheers > Kai > > >Kai, > > > >Out of curiosity why don't you like Bootcamp? > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >Behalf Of Kai Koenig > >Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2007 9:40 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Parallels or Bootcamp? > > > > > >Ryan, > > > >I don't think there is a def right or wrong here. I personally do not > >like Bootcamp at all, I just run a Win XP VM in Parallels. > > > >There is another religious question to answer - Parallels or Fusion :) > >Again - some people are saying Fusion has a better performance - for > >my usage Parallels 3 is fine though, so I stick with it. > > > >The important thing to mention anyway is - give the MBP enough RAM, > >then it should be alright either way. I'm running 4 GB of which > >I've set aside 1 GB for the Windows VM - and that's fine for > >CF, IIS and SQL Server for a dev. setup. Maybe give it 1.5 GB... > > > >Cheers > >Kai > > > > > > > >>You should install Bootcamp and then install Parallels to run off the > >>Boot Camp partition. That way you'll get the best of both worlds. > >> > >> > >> > >>From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>Behalf Of Ryan Sabir > >>Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2007 8:20 AM > >>To: '[email protected]' > >>Subject: [cfaussie] Parallels or Bootcamp? > >> > >>Hi all, > >> > >>We want to run a CF Server, IIS, and MS SQL Server 2005 on a Mac Laptop > >>under a virtual environment. Does Parallels have enough grunt to achieve > >>this? Or should I look at Bootcamp.. is Bootcamp stable enough? > >> > >>thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
