DrJägermeister Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 A beta of parralels is avaible: http://www.parallels.com/download/ On Golem [GER] they said that parralels use VT (a MAC has VT?) with the x86 MACs for more performance: http://www.golem.de/0604/44515.html P.S: I used parallels on linux before, I have import my Qemu VMs by creating a new VM in parallels with the same disk size and after that I just exchange the HD files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltazar Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Haven't heard of Parallels before. Any chance the Windows version vill run Os X? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 Haven't heard of Parallels before. Any chance the Windows version vill run Os X? I've tested it with the Linux trial version: I was able to import Qemu images and run them. Only the deadmoo image was not working. I think they don't support SSE2. P.S: the test was on PentiumM where OSX86 is running fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Haibara Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Note for AMD users like me: this software cannot run as it is, but needs to be "patched". I'm going to explane you how to make it running on an AMD machine: 1) Download it 2) Mount the image 3) Launch Parallels.pkg... Ta-daaan! XD It says that you haven't a compatible system, in italian it says "Parallels non può essere installato in questo computer. Assicurati che il tuo sistema possieda i requisiti necessari.", in english "Parallels cannot be installed on this computer. Make sure that your system meets the requirements." 4) Copy Parallels.pkg on your desktop 5) Right click on it and choose "Show package contents" 6) Right click on "Contents", show informations and under "Ownership and permission" make you owner of it with a read/write access 7) Apply to enclosed items... 8) Open "Info.plist" with TextEdit and delete the follow: <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>machdep.cpu.vendor</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>sysctl</string> <key>TestObject</key> <string>GenuineIntel</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string>eq</string> </dict> </array> 9) Save and exit 10) Go to Resources folder and delete InstallationCheck and pkmkshellutility 11) Exit and launch your modified Parallels.pkg 12) Install it! ^___^ All this it's because Parallels use Intel's specials virtualization functions... AMD haven't these Hope that it works for you too, Sherry Haibara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 has anyone tried this? does it run windows under osx on a hackintosh? might be useful... (not sure how ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I'm installing Windows XP right now. So far so good. Seems to be fairly quick too, even on the Celeron system I'm using right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubhead Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Already got 2x Death of screen during setup of XP pro here on my Box..with Parallel D915GUX+P4 2.8ghz 10.4.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Fully installed and working here on a Celeron + D915GUXL system running 10.4.5. Works pretty good too, networking, etc. I don't think sound is supported in the software yet, but who cares! This is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Haibara Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 On my AMD64 3200+ 2.0ghz machine works but slooowly... I think that's because this virtualizer uses some virtualizing features of Intel chips... Sherry Haibara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubhead Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Hmmm after a couple of crashes i gave up..tried with CD and HD file ..maybe i first gotta udate to 10.4.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 It causes a kernel panic for me with 10.4.5 P4 3.0GHZ Prescott. Shucks. /blkblt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanmac Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 just starting the install on my hackintosh now! 10.4.5 ASrock Dual915GL board Celeron D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Just got home with my Pentium D 920, it should all be together shortly and I'll be able to test it on a chip that actually has the Intel Virtualization extensions I can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
declan Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Has anyone had problems downloading this as i keep getting a corrupt dmg file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I'm going to wait for Virtual PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Has anyone had problems downloading this as i keep getting a corrupt dmg file. Me too. It was because the download was stopping at 2.2 mb. Use Firefox to download the file, if it fails, download again and replace the trunked file. This will resume it at the point it was left, or you can use a download manager. The final size must be 17.5 mb I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanmac Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Has anyone had problems downloading this as i keep getting a corrupt dmg file. Yep I kept getting this, downloaded it on my G4 instead and it was fine. Would not download using Safari or Firefox on my hackintosh. I have XP now running in the Parallels workstation, seems ok, a bit slow but better than VPC ever was. I cant go full screen though I get an error message about resolutions and xwindows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Christ it's fast with the Pentium D and VT support enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanmac Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 actually on my Celeron its very slow and networking keeps crashing anyone get full screen to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrr Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 works great on my thinkpad t42 with maximuss' 10.4.5... networking stops working on my thinkbook, though (works inside the virtual PC, tho).. i.e., nothing in macos can touch the net (not even a ping), although all routes, ifconfigs, etc, look right.. but windows can. weird. christ it's fast, with no SSE3 or VT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 This is really strange, with the D915GUXL and Celeron I was able to use networking in both OS X and Windows simultaneously. On a Asus P5LD2-VM and Pentium D 920, when I have networking enabled in Windows, it won't work in OS X. Hmmmm .. I'm actually doing a reinstall right now since the installation was transferred from the old hardware so .. An added note, the speed difference is HUGE when you click that "Enable VT" box. I tried it both enabled and disabled on my Pentium D, and the difference was night and day. Hell, it was fast without Enable VT, but when you turn it on it's mind boggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atae Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Anyone try running it off an existing windows NTFS Drive? Or do you have to use a disk image? Be nice to dual boot as well as use it to quickly get things done. IE. Play Battlefield 2 dual bootings or just surf and IE only website in OSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Good: Works fine on my iMac 17"! Windows is actually faster on Parallels than on my PC! ---- Bad: Full screen doesn't work, and... No audio support either! Screenshot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romey-rome Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Wow. Very snappy. I also lose network on OSX when running it. OSX is more or less unusable when VM is running. 1gb RAM, Intel a920, MSI 945g Neo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Wow. Very snappy. I also lose network on OSX when running it. OSX is more or less unusable when VM is running. 1gb RAM, Intel a920, MSI 945g Neo. Try a different NIC. What NIC is on that board you're using? It did the same thing with the onboard Intel gigabit on my P5LD2-VM, but when I stuck a plain old 100mb Intel in the PCI slot it didn't have the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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