From: "Rich Gauszka" 

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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