I am surprised Parallels isn't getting more run on this site...

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aplnubaplnub
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
As hot a topic was with possible virtualzation was in Leopard until Phillip canned that pipe dream for us, I am surprised that Parallels Desktop for Mac is not getting more run on this site.



Are people just not using it or it is too early to tell?



I have it running on my MBP and I am about to wipe out Boot Camp it works so good. I also have trashed my KVM switch and Gateway PC and my mini goes solo now at work. It runs AutoCad faster than the Gateway.



So, why do you think this is not as hot a topic as one would expect?

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  • Reply 1 of 12
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    --fart--
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  • Reply 2 of 12
    aplnubaplnub Posts: 2,606member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by sunilraman

    --fart--



    The intelligent responses are rolling in.
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  • Reply 3 of 12
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    Heh. Right back at ya for farting in my WWDC Countdown thread



    Seriously though, there were some reports of a few 'kinks' in Parallels but looks like it's going really well for you. Excellence.



    Personally, I hope Parallels really gets off the ground and the 'kinks' that people had gets worked out well. Then we can bury MS Virtual PC with glee. Bootcamp is still cool for the gamers.



    Anyway, we'll see what comes up with Leopard, and I'm sure Parallels will get in the groove too.



    Yet again the Mac works wonders. What is holding it's marketshare back?!! ARHHGHGHGHGGGGGHHHHH
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  • Reply 4 of 12
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    Me want DESTROY corporate MICROSOFTF*CK world and have everyone happy happy dancing around using Macs in beautiful nature, free from the cages that are their work cubicles and eating organic food and having loving cosmic wonderland feeling feelings..........!!



    Wooooooooooooooooo. Uh oh, forgot my medication for today.
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  • Reply 5 of 12
    aplnubaplnub Posts: 2,606member
    What is the most cool besides saying bye bye to PC hardware is having PCBSD and Solaris running on my desktop.
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  • Reply 6 of 12
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    Maybe everyone is so quiet about it precisely because it works so well?



    On my iBook G3, I could:

    1) run OS 9 natively. Barely ever did. Barely ever had it installed at all.

    2) run OS 9 through classic.

    3) run OS X natively (duh).

    4) run various Linux flavors natively. Occasionally did. Dual-boot was too much of a hassle, though. MacOnLinux is sweet, but in the end, it wasn't worth it.

    5) run Windows in emulation through Virtual PC. Ow. OWWW. It hurt. So I hardly ever used that.



    So, in summary, what did I really end up doing? I used OS X. Full-time.



    Now, on my MacBook Pro, I can (and do!) do the following:

    1) run OS X natively.

    2) run Windows XP natively. (Boot Camp)

    3) run Ubuntu Linux natively. (Boot Camp) Haven't set that up; no need, really.

    4) run Ubuntu Linux in virtualization next to OS X. (Parallels)

    5) run Windows XP in virtualization next to OS X. (Parallels)

    6) run OS 9 in emulation next to OS X. (SheepShaver)

    7) do 1, 4, 5, 6 all at a time. Computer nirvana, I'm telling you.



    This gives me ultimate flexibility and makes the MacBook Pro amazingly more powerful and valuable. Someone got a Windows support question? No problem, I'll run Parallels and have it up and running within half a minute. I need to look up UI design in GNOME or OS 9? No problem either. I want to play games? Fine enough, gotta reboot, but that doesn't take long either.



    I didn't ditch Boot Camp for Parallels and won't, because there's several usage cases I rely on, but Parallels is amazingly powerful. If they can work on the UI a little, implement a few more / improve the existing features (such as better USB device support, better memory management, added FireWire support, etc.), it's perfect.
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  • Reply 7 of 12
    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Chucker



    -snip-

    Now, on my MacBook Pro, I can (and do!) do the following:

    -snip-

    6) run OS 9 in emulation next to OS X. (SheepShaver)

    -snip-





    I hadn't heard of SheepShaver before... Is there a less technically inclined, non-UNIX, non-command line untergeek version that I would be able to emulate OS9 on my X computer? I don't want to risk turning my working computer into a brick... but I sure do need OS9 for my old CAD programs, etc.



    Seriously, any suggestions?
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  • Reply 8 of 12
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    I launch it by clicking an icon in my Dock, and I exit it by going to SheepShaver -> Quit SheepShaver. Once you got it up and running, there isn't really anything obscure or Unix-y to it. You even get clipboard sharing and audio support, and you can use AppleShare if you want decent file sharing.



    Things like USB and stuff probably don't work, I suppose. Never tried.



    Speed is, well, certainly very bearable.



    I'd simply provide you with my set up, but can't for copyright reasons. So, that makes stuff kinda complicated.
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  • Reply 9 of 12
    sammicksammick Posts: 416member
    I have both Boot Camp and Parallels on my iMac and on my Macbook--I never use Boot Camp--but I might need it to plug in a USB-to serial adapter for my Universal Remote--it is buggy--but it seems to work at times.



    I use Parallels to run a Fidelity real time quote trading program and it works perfectly.



    I think the reason noone talks about Parallels is as was said, it works perfectly.
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  • Reply 10 of 12
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    [QUOTE]Originally posted by aplnub

    What is the most cool besides saying bye bye to PC hardware is having PCBSD and Solaris running on my desktop.





    Getting rid of PC hardware is cool. Running Solaris is is cooler.



    Question: How does file sharing work in and out of the virtual OS in Parallels? Say in WinXP do you just set up a network shared drive, and OS X can see that? (like the Shared Folders in Virtual PC, IIRC).
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  • Reply 11 of 12
    aplnubaplnub Posts: 2,606member
    [QUOTE]Originally posted by sunilraman

    Quote:

    Originally posted by aplnub

    What is the most cool besides saying bye bye to PC hardware is having PCBSD and Solaris running on my desktop.





    Getting rid of PC hardware is cool. Running Solaris is is cooler.



    Question: How does file sharing work in and out of the virtual OS in Parallels? Say in WinXP do you just set up a network shared drive, and OS X can see that? (like the Shared Folders in Virtual PC, IIRC).



    In Xp the Parallels guys have set up a folder (you choose which folder on your Mac you want to share) and you swap files through this "gateway" folder on your XP Virtual Machine. Very simple.



    Find an intel machine and download the free trial and give it a whirl. I have been installing Os's all weekend. So far, PC BSD works best on my MBP as far as BSD goes. I am working on getting Solaris going although I am having a problem geting to see a mouse to point with.



    I want Solaris running in a bad way so I will stay on top of this one.
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  • Reply 12 of 12
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Yeah but I can't believe they didn't implement drag n drop for files. Is that hard or something? VPC has had it since...a long time ago.
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