Comments on: Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac: The Best of Both Worlds http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/ Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Caswell http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-2440 Tom Caswell Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:55:45 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-2440 Hi derrick, I'm pretty sure that your RAM would be reallocated to other uses once you shut down Parallels. I haven't had a chance to test this, so if anyone else has more experience with it feel free to jump in. I am also interested in hearing from others on the Tony's question of slower processor speeds after running Parallels. I haven't experienced this on my machine. Hi derrick,

I’m pretty sure that your RAM would be reallocated to other uses once you shut down Parallels. I haven’t had a chance to test this, so if anyone else has more experience with it feel free to jump in. I am also interested in hearing from others on the Tony’s question of slower processor speeds after running Parallels. I haven’t experienced this on my machine.

]]> By: Tony http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 Tony Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:17:17 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-2388 It seems to have slowed my processing speed despite the Windows VM being shut down. It seems to have slowed my processing speed despite the Windows VM being shut down.

]]> By: derrick http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-2387 derrick Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:10:13 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-2387 Hey Tom, I was curious, when you devote an amount of RAM to your VM, say Win XP, that's the amount of RAM that the VM will use, but once I discontinue use of my VM, i.e. shut down Parallels Desktop, will that RAM be reallocated back to my Mac OS? Or will that permanently be set to the VM's and the VM's use only? Thanks. - Derrick Hey Tom,
I was curious, when you devote an amount of RAM to your VM, say Win XP, that’s the amount of RAM that the VM will use, but once I discontinue use of my VM, i.e. shut down Parallels Desktop, will that RAM be reallocated back to my Mac OS? Or will that permanently be set to the VM’s and the VM’s use only? Thanks.

– Derrick

]]> By: Tom Caswell http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-2183 Tom Caswell Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:35:55 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-2183 Hi Tony, Yes, Parallels does a pretty good job of giving you a way to easily job of allowing you to switch over to XP or Vista when you can't find an equivalent program in OSX. But I am hearing from my sysadmin that Parallels is not as stable on Leopard, so I am probably going to ask my boss for a copy of VMWare Fusion. I hear it is even better, for about the same price. But either Parallels or Fusion should be fine for what you are describing. Good luck! -Tom Hi Tony,

Yes, Parallels does a pretty good job of giving you a way to easily job of allowing you to switch over to XP or Vista when you can’t find an equivalent program in OSX. But I am hearing from my sysadmin that Parallels is not as stable on Leopard, so I am probably going to ask my boss for a copy of VMWare Fusion. I hear it is even better, for about the same price. But either Parallels or Fusion should be fine for what you are describing. Good luck!

-Tom

]]> By: Tony N. http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-2180 Tony N. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:56:24 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-2180 After months of trying to convert ACT! for Windows data to a comparable contact management program for my MacBookPro, I gave up. Instead I'm considering using Parallels 3.0 and loading ACT!. Anyone done that? Can you send emails, synch address books/PDAs, etc. without problems or significant workaournds? Thanks. After months of trying to convert ACT! for Windows data to a comparable contact management program for my MacBookPro, I gave up. Instead I’m considering using Parallels 3.0 and loading ACT!. Anyone done that? Can you send emails, synch address books/PDAs, etc. without problems or significant workaournds? Thanks.

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]]> By: Tom Caswell http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-990 Tom Caswell Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:50:59 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-990 I would be happy to run some benchmarks and post another article with the results. To get a useful comparison, I will benchmark it running Windows XP through Parallels and then run the same tests on the same hardware running Windows XP natively using Bootcamp. Most of the benchmarking software I have used has been for graphics/gaming, but this test wound need to be more broad, so I will look for other benchmarking software. (I'm open to recommendations.) I haven't run VPN software in Windows XP running through Parallels, but the sysadmin sitting next to me doesn't see any reason it wouldn't run just fine. Parallels' default network bridging should be able to handle it. I would be happy to run some benchmarks and post another article with the results. To get a useful comparison, I will benchmark it running Windows XP through Parallels and then run the same tests on the same hardware running Windows XP natively using Bootcamp. Most of the benchmarking software I have used has been for graphics/gaming, but this test wound need to be more broad, so I will look for other benchmarking software. (I’m open to recommendations.)

I haven’t run VPN software in Windows XP running through Parallels, but the sysadmin sitting next to me doesn’t see any reason it wouldn’t run just fine. Parallels’ default network bridging should be able to handle it.

]]> By: Francis http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-987 Francis Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:34:04 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-987 Tom, have you used any VPN software to log into work using using Parallels and have you run any of the benchmark software on the XP version running on Parallels? Thanks, Tom, have you used any VPN software to log into work using using Parallels and have you run any of the benchmark software on the XP version running on Parallels?

Thanks,

]]> By: Tom Caswell http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-986 Tom Caswell Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:52:45 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-986 Philip, As long as I am only running one Parallels VM (virtual machine) at a time, I really don't notice much of a slow down in performance. Vista loads a bit slower than I would expect it should, but I don't have a similar, non-Parallels Vista install to compare it to. At least for Windows XP the start up time seems just as fast as a normal XP install on a similar machine. My laptop is a 2.0 GHz MacBook Pro with 2 GB of RAM, and I am giving my Parallels XP image 512 MB of RAM. (I have tried giving it more RAM, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.) Hope this helps. Philip,

As long as I am only running one Parallels VM (virtual machine) at a time, I really don’t notice much of a slow down in performance. Vista loads a bit slower than I would expect it should, but I don’t have a similar, non-Parallels Vista install to compare it to. At least for Windows XP the start up time seems just as fast as a normal XP install on a similar machine. My laptop is a 2.0 GHz MacBook Pro with 2 GB of RAM, and I am giving my Parallels XP image 512 MB of RAM. (I have tried giving it more RAM, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference.) Hope this helps.

]]> By: Philip Rosmarin http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-985 Philip Rosmarin Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:37:47 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/08/20/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-985 Hi, I wonder if you noticed any performance hits while using Parallels. Does it seem to you that the Windows programs you tested run as fast on the Mac/Parallels machine, as on a native Windows machine? Thanks Hi,

I wonder if you noticed any performance hits while using Parallels. Does it seem to you that the Windows programs you tested run as fast on the Mac/Parallels machine, as on a native Windows machine? Thanks

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