Pimp my Parallels

It's fast, but yes... not native. Gamers will still want to reboot.

Everything is for the Intel Macs since that is the only legal implementation of Mac OS X. You'll have to test it to see if it works on a hackintosh. No one will ever "officially" support a hacked version of OS X.

For a moment the system would eat resources... then it would clear up.

Parallels runs good on GMA 900 Desktops for Microsoft Word, Excel, Esko-Graphics, Cad, etc.

Trying out SUSE LINUX 10.0 this week.

Windows 2003 Server runs good. Haven't tried XP Yet.

For games, you'll still want to boot native and not use a Guest OS. For most other PC Applications, running Virtual is not a bad solution.

For Testing OS's, running Virtual is a good way to do this without the need to re-partition your Hard drive.

I'll probably mess around with Linux more now than ever Before; I may even find a decent version that will run on my PC Laptop since running OSx86 isn't that great yet (Mainly because of video drivers). Patience is indeed a Virtue.

GT

Beta 5 is out and already inlcludes the Cube animation for full screen. Not sure how it compares to VirtueDesktop (which I love having multiple Desktops).

One day Parallels might support having Mac OS X as a guest, which would be a great plus for PC users that can't get OSx86 to run natively or can't get VMware to work.

I for one would pay for the OS X to run on any PC as a Guest OS. :-)

Goodtime

Hopefully a commercial solution to run OS X Virtually on Windows will be available.

I would love get a new MacBookPro, but just can't justify the expense.

Virtualization might be a good solution for many down the road.

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can i get better graphics in parallels by installing the drivers for my actual graphics card or is it using some intermediate solution for the graphics?

can i get better graphics in parallels by installing the drivers for my actual graphics card or is it using some intermediate solution for the graphics?

In a word, no. Virtual Machines cannot access your hardware (Video, Network, etc.) because those devices are already in use my the host OS (In this case, Mac OS X) so Parallels has to "Emulate" a video card. It's a pretty nice virtual video card, but will not allow for direct 3D hardware access, since the Mac is already using it.

-John

it's using its own video driver that you cannot (and really should not) attempt to change.

The comment you made stelriah, is at the crux of the discussion over why Parallels cannot offer support (as yet) for booting from physical volumes. In a "virtualization" world, Parallels is doing just that, it is pretending to be a motherboard, video card, network adapter, and everything else. I think Parallels needs to do this in order to avoid both OS's tolling their demands on the respective pieces of hardware, though I may be wrong here.

I think the only hardware that remains the same is the CPU, though I may be wrong on that point also!

In a word, no. Virtual Machines cannot access your hardware (Video, Network, etc.) because those devices are already in use my the host OS (In this case, Mac OS X) so Parallels has to "Emulate" a video card. It's a pretty nice virtual video card, but will not allow for direct 3D hardware access, since the Mac is already using it.

 

-John

It's a pity that it won't interface with network hardware. Might have made a good hack for some of us that can't get our built in ethernet adapters recognized by osx86.

One day Parallels might support having Mac OS X as a guest,

And as soon as they do, Apple will likely go after them in court.

does parallels have support for a floppy drive?

i want to update my bios without installing windows.

does parallels have support for a floppy drive?

 

i want to update my bios without installing windows.

Neither the Mac, nor Parallels has a real BIOS to update.

The Mac, if you've run Apple's recent Firmware Update, has an area of Firmware reserved for BIOS compatibility, but nothing that you've got on a floppy will do anything to it.

Parallels is emulating (faking) a BIOS that they built in order to virtualize Windows on an Intel processor. And again, nothing you have on a floppy is going to update that either. It's not a real BIOS.

So, what on earth are you trying to update?

stelriah probably is using a hackintosh and wants to update his/her bios.

stelriah probably is using a hackintosh and wants to update his/her bios.

Then the answer for Parallels is still the same, you won't be able to see your real hardware underneath the emulated hardware.

On that same note, you would already have floppy support outside of Parallels.

=)

And as soon as they do, Apple will likely go after them in court.

Yes indeed this will happen. However, I think Parallels would win the battle. Apple's is becoming monopolistic with its OS and if the Mac's can run Windows (Virtually or Native) than PCs should be able to run the Mac OS.

Yes indeed this will happen. However, I think Parallels would win the battle. Apple's is becoming monopolistic with its OS and if the Mac's can run Windows (Virtually or Native) than PCs should be able to run the Mac OS.

The problem is more of a technical one... the parallels hardware is no where near running Mac OS X. They need to emulate SSE2 and SSE3 properly, among many other things needed.

Could it be done with time? Yes, maybe the next major release. But I doubt it's worth it to them. We'll see.

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heh, just like road testing at a bike shop, went to the forums, read a bit, then pre-ordered!

Did I understand the requirements, that 10.4.5 is the minimum OS for PWS 2.1?

Rats, I like how my 10.4.4 hacktosh works now!

Try 10.4.4, I bet it might work.

In the meantime can mail you a 10.4.6 JaS DVD. Just email me your snail mail address.

my e-mail address is goodtime [at] art5dog [dot] com

The above post is for muxion.