From: "Robert Comer" 

I know that, that's why I said I didn't know how Parallels ran. (but do
know how Codeweavers does their stuff.)

> What distinguishes the Parallels system is its use of Intel's
> Virtualization Technology (VT), built into new Macs running the Intel Core
> Duo.

I had heard that they used VT, which is excellent, I just don't know how
far along on everything else they are.

I'm very much aware of what VT can do, I'm the one that's been pushing it
around here, and everywhere else for that matter. (I even know how it
works.
)  And fwiw, just VT isn't enough to get near native speeds for most
normal stuff like OS's...

--
Bob Comer


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:44a6a4f5{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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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