non sequitur Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 has anyone tried this? i am going to download the beta soon, but i dont wanna fubar my macbook pro up and have to reformart my hd. parallels would be the best way for me. is it possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 hmm... Good question. I think it would be, but I don't think you would get all of the cool aero effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phusho Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 No it isn't I've tried it it can't be run because the bios of the virtual machean is not ACPI the Vista just gaves error and quits instalation on Vmware it is working but there are not aero effect ofcource no 3D acceleration thow it is possible to use Transgaming SwiftShader engean which is alot beter then nothing it supportys piel and vertex shaders in software. Good testnig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John the Geek Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 No it isn't I've tried it it can't be run because the bios of the virtual machean is not ACPI the Vista just gaves error and quits instalation on Vmware it is working but there are not aero effect ofcource no 3D acceleration thow it is possible to use Transgaming SwiftShader engean which is alot beter then nothing it supportys piel and vertex shaders in software. Good testnig See this thread: Q beats Parallels to Vista in VM. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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