OSNews > Thread > "RE: Looks cool, but" by robojerk

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Nov 2009 22:05 UTC

"Parallels' annual update to its eponymous virtual machine software is out today, looking a bit smarter, and promising to be even more seamless than before. A new Coherence mode sees Windows applications skinned with a Mac-like scheme. Dialogues look like Windows dialogues, and there's easier keyboard mapping - so your Windows app can use Apple-C/X/V to cut and paste, rather than Ctrl-C/X/V."

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RE: Looks cool, but

by robojerk on Wed 4th Nov 2009 23:48 UTC in reply to "Looks cool, but"

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2006-01-10

If you're not doing Bootcamp I strongly recommend VirtualBox.

I haven't tried the workaround for Bootcamp on a mac but if you're brave here it is. Let me know how well it works and if there is performance issues.
http://dashes.com/anil/2009/10/how-to-run-windows-7-under-mac-os-x-...

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RE[2]: Looks cool, but

by patrix on Thu 5th Nov 2009 14:57 in reply to "RE: Looks cool, but"

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2006-05-21

I use Windows to flash my mobile phone, and under VirtualBox, the USB support wasn't good enough to do it - so Fusion (or Parallels) for me.

Otherwise for sure I'd go for VirtualBox, if it supported SparseBundles for the disk image (easier Time Machine backup) etc...

Edited 2009-11-05 14:59 UTC

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