Hi Greg,
As you say the Pro seems impressive. My question is, though, how good is the
performance compared to running XP natively? Another point, which devices
show to the guest machine as is and how is the latency?
Virtualization is one thing I've been thinking, too. As I've said earlier in
this list, I do have absolute must have Windows apps, too, so it is iether
dual-booting or virtualization and the latter seems much cooler to me. But
one thing that worries me is latency. It can be a problem in the
responsiveness of a Windows screen reader but especially in low-latency
audio inside Windows.
I've used VmWare and VIrtual PC before and neither exposed the host sound
card. That ment unusably long delays in audio apps and some weird pops and
clicks in the WIndows screen reader, too.
Also 3D performance might be another bottleneck, though I don't play games
that much, it would be cool to get the original Half-Life running with
hardware rendering.
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With kind regards Veli-Pekka Tätilä ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Greg Kearney wrote:
I have a MacPro. it's a real rocket ship and I like it a lot. I run
Windows XP in Parallels Desktop on a second screen it's like having
two computers only I can drag items from one to the other.
On Feb 26, 2007, at 14:10 , Veli-Pekka Tätilä wrote:
Hi David,
I see, I think Pro is the way to go then. Well, is there a site
which Would let me pick the configuration from a Web form and show
the price for the Mac Pro then? I tried looking in the Apple store
but failed to find such a thing in there. I might be looking in the
wrong place, too, as all prices were in US dollars where as Euros
would be more straightforward for me, of course. Not that I'd get
any machine soon but it would be good to be able to compare the
prices of various custom PC and Mac systems.
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