On 1/27/08, Robert Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Of course, VMware has the advantage of not requiring you to boot into > Windows to run a Windows app. Another advantage is that VMware can run > from a virtual image anywhere you put it, so you could put your virtual > images on an external drive if you wanted. Finally, VMware can run your > Boot Camp partition as a virtual machine, too, which means you can have > your cake and eat it too. (Run all your same apps with the same settings > virtually or with a reboot as needed or desired.)
Parallels does this as well. VMware has three modes: window, full-screen, and a mode that has a name > I don't remember something like "integrated". The integrated mode is > cool because your Windows apps all appear each in their own MacOS > windows. The Outlook email-arrival popups even appear on the Mac > desktop. Unfortunately this mode is not completely compatible with > multiple monitors, but this is the mode my colleague runs in. And you > should understand that he runs this way *at work* in a Windows > development shop. Parallels has this as well, but it is an annoying mode. It's kind of creepy having the windows bar at the bottom and the dock on the left (where I have mine set up). > > Knowing Darcy, he probably needs to run some heavy-duty sound processing > app that either can't tolerate the performance hit of running virtually > or else requires a level of access to the hardware that VMware doesn't > support. But for everyday Windows apps, including Office, Visual Studio, > and many other common apps, I think virtual is probably the way to go. > Ymmv. I run Band in a Box with Kontakt player via Parallels off a Boot Camp partition. Windows XP. Works fine. Sound comes out the Mac's built in sound. I think I could probably have it go to a usb or firewire audio device as well. You can select what hardware you want to have Parallels "know about", and then install the windows driver for it, and it works. Or at least, my printer works....... One other Boot Camp tip from my colleague: Boot Camp creates the Windows > partition as FAT32, which is extremely wasteful of space. When you > install Windows, DO NOT allow the Windows installer to repartition the > drive to NTFS. (Boot Camp cannot tolerate any other program partitioning > the drive.) Instead, elect to reformat the drive as NTFS (without > changing the partition) as part of the Windows install. If you haven't > done this, doing so could save you a lot of space in the long run, not > to mention providing much better performance and reliability. > > FWIW: The first time around, my colleague allowed the Windows installer > to partition his drive and ended up losing all his data. Have care (and > have a backup). > > If you elect to use VMware, install it after you have your Boot Camp up > and running. According to my colleague, it will automatically find your > Boot Camp partition when you install it. > Yep. It's pretty simple to install XP on a Mac using Boot camp. Then either Parallels or VMWare will use it. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
