[geeks] How fast is Parallels?

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Mon Aug 14 12:35:29 CDT 2006


On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 12:28:13PM -0500, Micah R Ledbetter wrote:
> I have the potential for a Windows-based job doing something Really  
> Cool. I now have a 1.5GHz 12" PB. If I were to come across the cash  
> for a MacBook Pro, is running MS Visual Studio + compilation going to  
> be any fun under Parallels Workstation^W Desktop?

It's going to be about 98-99% as fast as running it on the hardware if you
booted Windows directly using Boot Camp.

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
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