Interestingly, I've had no problems whatever with Parallels, and
performance has been excellent. I use Coherence mode and everything's
quite stellar. Not sure how much RAM you have, but a friend of mine
with only a gig of RAM said he had some trouble with Parallels. I
ahve two gigs, so that may make a difference. Not sure.
On Apr 17, 2007, at 7:57 PM, Gordon Smith wrote:
I PERSONALLY BIT THE BULLET AND DID A RE-INSTALL OF WINDOWS USING
THE EXCELLENT EASY INSTALL IN FUSIONS'S VM CONFIG. I THEN HAD BOOT
CAMP RETURN THE START DISK TO A SINGLE MACOS VOLUME, AND THEN
REMOVED BOOT CAMP. BUT STABILITY HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE. IN
FACT, IT'S MORE STABLE, FOR SOME ODD REASON, THAN NATIVE WINDOWS
UNDER BOOT CAMP. THAT SAID, IT WOULDN'T BE HARD TO BEAT WINDOWS
FOR STABILITY, WOULD IT, <SMILE>. I USED TO USE PARALLELS, BUT
FOUND THAT IT WOULD FREQUENTLY CRASH WHEN IN A FULL SCREEN
SESSION. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH FUSION. REGARDING THE BETA AND
COST, I'M NOT 100% SURE ABOUT THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ANY
ANNOUNCEMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE. BUT I SEEM TO REMEMBER SEEING
SOMETHING SOMEWHERE IN THE APP ITSELF ABOUT LICENSING. SO MAYBE
IT'LL BE THERE. ANOTHER REASON I WENT AWAY FROM BOOT CAMP IS THAT
YOUR VIRTUAL MACHINE BECOMES PORTABLE IF YOU JUST USE FUSION. I
MEAN IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MAC, FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN JUST COPY THE VM
FILE(S) FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORY(S) AND HEY PRESTO, YOUR NEW
VM OR VM'S ARE INSTALLED ON YOUR NEW MAC. SINCE THE HARDWARE
PROFILE IS THE SAME ON ALL VERSIONS OF IMACS, FOR INSTANCE, AT
LEAST AS FAR AS THE MOTHERBOARD ETC. IS CONCERNED, NO NEED TO FOOL
AROUND REACTIVATING WINDOWS. THAT WORKS, I'VE TRIED IT! I HAVE
ACCESS TO TO 2 IMAC MACHINES AND THE SAME VM WORKS ON BOTH OF THEM.
