Boot Camp

[Beavis68]

Parallels does not emulate a PC within the Mac OS. Both OSs run indenpendantly but they share the same system resources utilizing the Virtuallization Technology built into the Intel chips. This means that you are sharing RAM and PC resources for both OSs.

Boot Camp is a Apple application and Parallels is from a 3rd party company.


http://www.parallels.com/

[Freakin]

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Parallels does not emulate a PC within the Mac OS. Both OSs run indenpendantly but they share the same system resources utilizing the Virtuallization Technology built into the Intel chips. This means that you are sharing RAM and PC resources for both OSs.

Boot Camp is a Apple application and Parallels is from a 3rd party company.


http://www.parallels.com/

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Virtualization is PC emulation regardless of what platform you are running it on. It is emulating a PC platform on a PC platform.

[Beavis68]

it is not running within the OS, it is emulating a second machine, but it is not like a program running within OSX.

If you have some link to explain otherwise, please post it.

OSX is not "emulating" windows. you are running windows on the system (or linux) and utilizing OSX to translate mouse and keyboard functions.

You have to have a VT capable processor to do this.

"Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)¹ is comprised of a set of processor enhancements that improve traditional software-based virtualization solutions. These integrated features give virtualization software the ability to take advantage of offloading workload to the system hardware, enabling more streamlined virtualization software stacks and "near native" performance characteristics.

Virtualization solutions enhanced by Intel VT allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications as independent virtual machines. Using virtualization capabilities, one computer system can function as multiple "virtual" systems.

Virtualization has emerged as a compelling technology for server platforms, offering data center managers the ability to consolidate multiple workloads on one physical server system. Server consolidation offers lower hardware acquisition costs as well as improved data center performance efficiency.

Client platforms are utilizing virtualization technology to enable secure partitions for system back and security features."

Maybe we are just having a symantics argument.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization

[jrock901]

I've used both. Bootcamp is nice, but ended up moving to Parallels. Couldn't see using bootcamp when I bought a Mac for a specific resson..getting away from a microsoft OS. But for those applications that need windows..Parallels is great when you run it in Coherence mode. All about personal preference I suppose.

[Freakin]

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Maybe we are just having a symantics argument.



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This is the answer...

[King Car]

Thanks for the input guys.

I just got a new Macbook pro, and I will be using the windows environment to run FTP, Stars, PT, and PA HUD.

Based on this, I think I'm going to go with Bootcamp.

[archmcp]

were you able to install with the reinstallation CD? I am in the same boat.

thanks.