From: "Rich Gauszka" 

With those needs I doubt you'd have any problems with Parallels. They do
allow for a 15 day trial of their full product as you just have to purchase
the activation key to continue on after the trial period so it's pretty
easy to determine if it will work. The installation of 2K was quite similar
to VMware so I didn't even have to crack open the pdf - install - load the
parallel tools - and go.


"/m"  wrote in message
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>
> I'm looking to get Quicken and this newsreader working under Parallels
> (or VMWare).  At that point, about 95% of my usage will be on the
> MacMini.  The other pieces of the 95% are browsing and email.  Opera has
> released the Intel-capable Mac version, and for email I'll probably use
> the OS-X email client for my main accounts, and something like Eudora
> for my gaggle of secondary accounts.
>
> So far for me, the MacMini has been excellent for my media stuff.  The
> iLife apps which come with OS-X are very good.  iPhoto is especially
> excellent.
>
> /m
>
>
> 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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