That's not exactly true. Certainly, Windows can be installed on a separate partition of the hard drive (I do it myself), but Parallels is a virtual machine installed in the Mac OS and can even be run as a window on the Mac screen like any other Mac application, resized, minimised, full screen etc.
73 Stephen G4SJP On 22 May 2012 20:33, David Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would heavily discount anything that person told you in the future > because they clearly don't understand how that works. When you run > Windows on a MAC you are doing it in a separate partition of the hard > drive and the Mac partition doesn't interface with it ... certainly not > to the point of being able to police whatever goes on there. Whether or > not you need antivirus software on the Windows partition is purely a > function of what you will be doing there. If it never runs anything > other than trusted software and never talks to the outside world (no > internet access, no incoming files, etc) I doubt you would need it ... > but for that reason, not the one your friend gave you. > > 73, > Dave AB7E > > > > On 5/22/2012 11:23 AM, EMD wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Recently I have had the need to run windows on my MAC. I'm using > Parallels > > to run Windows 7. I have been told that I do not need Anti Virus > software > > on the windows side since I already use it on the MAC side. Does anyone > > have any thoughts on this? > > > > 73, Ed > > K3ENV > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
