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Vista + OS X + Parallels = not so happy together

Posted Feb 01, 2007 at 02:12AM by Rio S. Listed in: Apple Tags: Intel, Parallels Desktop, Intel Mac, OS X Leopard
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So what would happen if you installed Vista on a Mac Pro and ran OS X alongside it? This is possible with the use of a hardware emulator, Parallels Desktop.

After discovering that Vista runs faster than OS X on an Intel Mac Pro, the guys at Gizmodo got curious about how the two operating systems would do when running side by side. They installed Vista on their MacBook Pro and waited to see what happens. It worked, but with assorted problems.

They encountered problems with Vista support in Parallels - describing it as "still quite developmental" - and Aero graphics which was explained by Parallels' inadequate graphics card support. Networking problems (the complete non existence of it) were also encountered. They tried getting a Windows Experience Index score but their plan to compare scores were botched by an error pop up window.

Parallels isn't perfect - atleast not yet. We'll see how it goes in the near future when Parallels updates their Beta. Stay tuned.

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   by west-one (Unregistered) - 2007-02-01
 » works for me
I have Vista running under parallels, seems to work OK. IE7 connects to the internet and updates work OK so networking is working. GUI not as good as it could be due to limited graphics card capability but speed seems good. Using in 30day trial as actual registered copy on a windows machine. Not sure that I'll be buying Vista any time soon to run under Parallels.



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