[olug] Parallels

[Adam Lassek]

That's pretty cool, switching from full-screen to windowed in
Parallels is really broken. How did you do virtual desktops, is it a
third-party program?

I consider Parallels to be beta-quality software due to the
aforementioned resizing issue and the lack of Firewire or USB 2.0
support.

On 10/21/06, Michael Osten <mosten at bleepyou.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 21, 2006, at 7:19 AM, Craig Wolf wrote:
>
> > As I understand it, you ONLY need parallels if you want to run them
> > all at the same time.  Boot camp will allow you to run a multi-boot
> > system BUT backup your stuff before you try it.  The new BIOS of
> > the MacBook Pro's may prove interesting for the linux OS but I am
> > REALLY looking forward to seeing what I can do with it when it
> > comes in!!  8)
> >
> > Craig Wolf
> > Linux Web Server Support
> > Desktop/Network Specialist
> > 402-894-6283
>
>
> I've run both boot-camp and parallels on my macbook pro.  I found for
> me that boot-camp would really only be necessary if your a gamer.
> Using parallels with virtual desktops I can keep a full screen XP
> session on say "desktop three" and switch to it in a second with a
> simple key combo.  I work in a all Linux department for a company
> that has all windows for corporate functions.  I use XP maybe once a
> week for a couple of minutes.  There is a mac alternative for almost
> everything I need to do on windows.
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