Parallels 3.0
Scott--Parallels 3.0 now supports it's virtual machine on the Bootcamp partition. Thus, you can share files from Bootcamp and Parallels.
Sweet feature.
Scott--Parallels 3.0 now supports it's virtual machine on the Bootcamp partition. Thus, you can share files from Bootcamp and Parallels.
Sweet feature.
posted by Greg | 10:28 AM
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Not to sound ignorant, but what would be the point. Both Boot Camp and Parallels are intended to run Windows-based apps on a Mac Platform. The real trick is whether or not you can drop data from the Parallels side onto the Mac-side. Something we (Tri-County) are questioning Mac about right now.
I can see huge benefits to having these two options: (1) Native MSFT environment; (2) Native OS-X environment w/ MSFT in emulation. It all depends on your needs at that time.
As far as dragging & dropping content, that is really improving. Already, you can cut-paste to/from MSFT & OS-X.
And you can simply make "My documents" in MSFT to be the "shared folder" with OS-X. And then make the "documents" folder in OS-X to be the "shared folder". That way, all your content is shared.
If your Tri-County can afford the hardware costs up-front, I see no reason not to choose the OS-X platform, merely for the less malware/virus aspect.
Actually, we had a donor give us multiple mac-minis (w/ Intel Core Duo innards), flat screen monitors, a macbook pro, etc... A really sweet package that we now need to outfit with appropriate software.
So we're taking a strong look at Parallels, but there are some questions as to whether data can be dragged from the MSFT side to the OSX side. Apparently, the MSFT side will not be protected against viruses in the same way that OSX is, and thus Parallels may intentionally build a wall. Apple is looking into it for me.
You can't drag and drop content from a Parallels window into the OSX environment. However, Parallels does offer a shared folder, so simply saving a file (w/in parallels) will update that very same file w/in the OSX environment.
And no--there will be no "virus protection" in the MSFT emulation. It is what it is. However, this is a non issue w/ SP2. Simply tell the staff not to surf or access the web via MSFT Windows. (This could also be "persuaded" by deliberately jacking up the internet settings w/in the MSFT emulation.)
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