No. Parallels Workstatoin 2.1 uses the Virtualization hardware that is a part of the Core Duo Yonah processor to accomplish hardware speed in the OS X Virtual environ thanks to Intel's new architecture. Users of Parallels' solution report they perceive it to be just as fast as the native boot that Boot Camp offers. But it is true they don't support 3-D gaming yet. They plan to do that in 3.0 this Summer. -- Taylor Barcroft New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist, Podcaster, Futurecaster Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley URL http://FutureMedia.org RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutureMedia iTunes http://tinyurl.com/8ql87 barcroft (gizmo) kungax (Skype) kungag5 (iChat-AIM)
On Apr 8, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Steve Watkins wrote: > Wheras if you use virtualisation > stuff, OSX already has control of the graphics & other hardware, so > the virtualised Windows cannot speak directly to that hardware. This > causes a performance hit. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/