Philippe,
Boot camp will ALWAYS be faster and it is as it is native, no
translation is done running the machine instructions, for CAD I
would suggest running bootcamp as you will need 3d performance which
is something that Parallels suffers from. Photoshop for PPC is
definitely slower on an intel mac as it has to use Rosetta, which is
translating the code. However he could use the windows version of
Photoshop under bootcamp.
Cheers
Mike
On 28/06/2006,Wednesday, at 7:21 AM, Stephen Atherton wrote:
I haven't used the tweeks yet, but there is a tip to improve
performance of Parallels Desktop by modifying the way Parallels
caches - less memory and flushes the buffer cache better.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060622090404212
On 27/06/2006, at 11:14 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:
What if, the speed of each depends on the configuration. I suspect
that on a lower end intel Mac that Bootcamp will be faster,
because its only one system being run, not two. Parallels may be
faster if you have a faster computer with more RAM, although even
then, you would think that only running one system would be faster
than running two. Just a thought...
On 27/06/2006, at 8:06 PM, Robert Howells wrote:
Heh Dave,
As I am on the side and looking on
I do a fair bit of reading on Macintouch and the like.
Their summary seems to be that Parallel's IS faster ...
Which gels with the mails on this list ..
So one wonders what is different with your installation ????
Not that I have any desire to run Windows and break glass , but
the day might come....
hence the interest .
Bob
On 27 Jun 2006, at 7:18 PM, choy wrote:
Erm, I'm not sure where you're reading that parallels is
*faster* than boot camp - it is the other way around. Which
makes sense, since Parallels is using virtualisation to run 2
operating systems at once, vs. bootcamp - which is just running
natively.
I have both bootcamp and parallels installed on my macbook and
both run well, but bootcamp is clearly faster.
I think now is the safest timein history for pc lovers to switch
to mac - it's pretty much a safe gamble as if they really don't
like mac os x, the machine runs just like any other pc using
bootcamp.
Parallels is just for people who need to run the occasional
application that has no counterpart, or the odd crappily coded
website - eg the few remaining banks that insist on internet
explorer 6.
For people who need to use their mac for graphics intensive
windows only apps, bootcamp is a must. Especially so if it
relies on heavy video as parallels cannot drive a video card
(since the video cards can't support virtualisation)
So I'm not entirely sure what you're worried about since running
bootcamp essentially makes the computer a pc. However I do
recommend that your relative buy a mac with a video card rather
than a mac mini or macbook since the integrated graphics on
these machines make 3d rendering a little too ambitious for
these machines.
Parallels is about 95% of the time reliable, and the parallels
team are surprisingly nimble at fixing holes. Bootcamp is rock
solid as it really isn't doing much beyond providing drivers for
the machine to run windows. So reliability shouldn't be any more
an issue than buying an average pc.
Dave
On 27/06/2006, at 5:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:19:21 +0800
Subject: Re: Windows emulation/virtualisation on Intel Macs
From: Daniel Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 26/6/06 6:43 PM, "J Philippe Chaperon"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear WAMUG'ers,
I have a relative of mine thinking of moving from Windows to a
Mac - Intel.
However it is important for him to be able to run a CAD
application, only
available in Windows version, 3D rendering and Photoshop apps
for his last
year of architect studies.
Does any one has experience of Parallels and Boot Camp, and
can thus report
on their respective pros & cons?
All the articles I have read so far indicate that Parallels is
faster than
Boot camp - but not sure about Potoshop or CAD apps. Have not
seen anything
about reliability, which is extremely important as assignments
will be done
on the Mac, if purchased.
Any information will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Philippe
Hi Philippe
I can't comment on CAD applications, but we have an Intel iMac
17" with
1.5GB of RAM running Mac OSX and Windows XP and it runs quite
well. We have
thrown some pretty high end games at it and it managed to run
this with no
problems at all. We did it via Bootcamp rather then Parallels
as that is
what we needed to see how it worked. Overall, we've been pretty
impressed
with it. It runs quite well. I've "sourced" a few machines for
clients and
they purchased Win XP at the same time and we set it up and
they've been
very happy with it. So overall I think it should handle most
tasks very
well.
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