On Dec 20, 2006, at 11:37 AM, Richard (Show) Hall wrote: > I installed parallels and win xp on my mac book pro [...] The only > problem > is that it slows down everything else to a snails pace [...]
Two things to look at: (1) are you running the latest version? lots of enhancements have been made, especially in terms of disk caching and other performance tweaks, and (2) do you have at least 2 GB in the machine? I suggest you give Parallels 512M, leaving 1.5G for Mac OS, which is a good split. I've been running Cleaner XP under Windows/ Parallels while editing in Final Cut Pro and I find the performance to be pretty good, in fact, better than having Compressor running in the background all on the same OS! David. David Tames, Filmmaker & Media Technologist http://kino-eye.com | 617.216.1096
