Parallels update brings memory enhancements
Parallels (a virtualization solution for OS X) users that own Mac Pros or the new Intel iMacs will want to download the latest Parallels release (as will most other Parallels users). Why am I specifying the Mac Pro and the Intel iMac? Well, Parallels had a nasty little problem with being able to access all the RAM on those systems. A number of hacks had to be put in place in order to get things working properly, but no more.The latest update addresses the RAM issues on the 64 bit Macs, as well as introducing support for Leopard as a primary OS, and official Vista support. The rest of the enhancements can be seen here.
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gregday said 8:55PM on 10-11-2006
Where do you get the idea you can have Leopard as a guest OS? Primary, sure, but not as a guest. Parallels cannot expose the TPM chip to any guest OS, and no version of Mac OS X can be installed as a guest.
I'm sure you can run Parallels on top of Leopard though.
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Scott McNulty said 9:33PM on 10-11-2006
I misread that! I've updated the post. Thanks.
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MikeCP said 11:48PM on 10-11-2006
Next version has 3d acceleration!!!
Can not wait to get rid of boot camp partition and play counter strike from within OS X.
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jason said 7:11AM on 10-12-2006
@MikeCP: I'm glad i'm not the only person who installed BootCamp for only that reason as well!
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Smitty Werbanjaegermanjenson said 8:05AM on 10-12-2006
Can you set up a guest OS on a separate drive or does it have to be on the same drive that OS X is installed on. I wouldn't mind using an external drive just for WinXP, but I don't want it taking away from my 120 Gig internal MB Pro drive
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Mr Lizard said 11:40AM on 10-12-2006
@5: I'll take a look when I get home, but I think the guess drive can be created anywhere (you specify the location when creating your guest pc)
It might be worth noting that if you choose an 'expanding' disc image, then the guest drive takes up significantly less space on the real hard drive.
Also, you can create a really small drive, say, 4 or 5GB. Instead of using the Windows document folders, you can use the folders on OS X. Windows see's these folders fine after installing Parallels tools.
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Mark D. said 3:33PM on 10-12-2006
Interestingly, the link to download on Parallels page links to the 1922 release, but the link to download from macupdate links to the 1940 release.
macupdate with 1940 link:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21252
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Mark D. said 3:51PM on 10-12-2006
Whoops, spoke too soon... sort of. The download on the "Read" link page is wrong, but the one from "latest Parallels release" isn't.
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