From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Parallels and Codeweaver are two separate products. My W2k VM in Parallels
isn't sluggish at all on a dual-core mac mini

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1525701888;fp;2;fpid;1

What distinguishes the Parallels system is its use of Intel's
Virtualization Technology (VT), built into new Macs running the Intel Core
Duo. VT allows software called a hypervisor to create multiple operating
system instances that all have direct, simultaneous access to the hardware,
theoretically allowing virtualised software to run at near-native speeds.


"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:44a6a235$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> That's based on the Linux based "emulator" by Codeweavers.  I really
> wouldn't put it in the emulator or virtualization camp, it's pretty basic
> and limited in what it can run.  Think of how Wine runs in Linux and you
> get the picture.  Personally, I wouldn't bother with this one and go for
> something like VMWare when it comes out. (I don't know how the Parallels
> product works.)
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "/m"  wrote in message
> news:b81da2linua6oh97t7gfs2qoep8unoajkd{at}4ax.com...
>> btw, just stumbled across this:
>> http://www.macwindows.com/#630b
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 10:03:40 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"

>> wrote:
>>
>>>Parallels has worked well for me with 2K but my needs for 2k are quite
>>>simple on the mini.
>>>
>>>They have a good support forum at
>>>
>>>http://forum.parallels.com/index.php
>>>
>>>I'm still waiting for the rumored VMware though as I have several canned
>>>apps that I'd like to transfer and VMware also quite a few preconfigured
>>>apps for the dl
>>>
>>>
>>>"/m"  wrote in message
>>>news:gutca2prv714ndikckvomh7sdsv0got89c{at}4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>> How's Parallels working for you?  I also equipped my Mac mini worth
>>>> 2Gb,
>>>> planning to use VMs.   I'd like to get this bulky Windows off my
>>>> desktop...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  /m
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 08:58:11 -0400, "Rich
Gauszka" 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>George,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep,  I have a Mac Mini in the living room for use as
a media pc. I
>>>>>configured mine with 2GB of RAM though as I'm using the Parallels
>>>>>virtual
>>>>>software  ( www.parallels.com ) to run Win 2k in place
of using the
>>>>>Apple
>>>>>dual boot XP/wga stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> In use the mini's worked quite well but I had had
problems with the
>>>>>scheduling of sleep mode ( doesn't always work for me)
so now I just
>>>>>schedule a daily power off/on cycle ( never fails ). I
have had several
>>>>>hangs when I had the mini set to turn my plasma display off after
>>>>>several
>>>>>hours of idle time ( it would never wake the display up
again ) so I
>>>>>avoid
>>>>>that now.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm using the Apple wireless keyboard but ditched the
Apple wireless
>>>>>mouse
>>>>>for Logitech 2-button ( makes life easier )
>>>>>
>>>>>Apple just released the 10.4.7 software update which I
applied last
>>>>>night
>>>>>so
>>>>>maybe the sleep/saver glitches are gone
>>>>>
>>>>>As a Mac neophyte I found the O'Reilly book 'Switching
to the Mac Tiger
>>>>>Edition' by Progue and Goldstein quite useful
>>>>>
>>>>>I had some problems finding a usable 'universal'/intel
AC3 codec and
>>>>>finding
>>>>>the usable DivX software ( had to use the beta ) but they've just
>>>>>announce
>>>>>the 'universal' version of 6.5.1 on 6/29 ( haven't tried it yet )
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been using http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/  and
>>>>>http://www.versiontracker.com/macintel/ to locate
software for the
>>>>>mini.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"George Sherwood"
 wrote in message
>>>>>news:44a6208c{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> Rich,
>>>>>>    Did I remember correctly that you recently
bought a Mac?  I am
>>>>>> seriously moving in that direction and was
wondering what  you
>>>>>> purchased
>>>>>> and how it has worked?  I was thinking of the Mac
Mini with 1GB RAM
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> 100 GB HardDrive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> George
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>> news:44a55c3b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> Tried to go onto the wga forum and received this
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your user acount has been banned. Visit here
for more info.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
-----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> Naturally the link to visit has nothing to do
with the banning
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=communities
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I reckon they only wish happy news
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
>

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