[geeks] How fast is Parallels?

[David Muran-de Assereto]

Seller agrees with Lionel :)

My experience with Parallels has been very satisfactory. I've used it  
on the aforementioned White MacBook, primarily for Visio and Visual  
Studio, and it chunks along quite nicely, especially considering I  
was using data stored on an external drive (slow....).


Dave
On Aug 14, 2006, at 1:38 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

>> From: Micah R Ledbetter <vlack-lists at vlack.com>
>> Date: 2006/08/14 Mon PM 12:28:13 CDT
>> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>> Subject: [geeks] How fast is Parallels?
>
>> 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?
>
> I can't speak directly to that combination, but if the underlying  
> hardware is compatible with the emulation software the speed is  
> typically pretty reasonable in my experience. Instead of emulating  
> each insrtuction, the software has to capture and convert O/S (and  
> other) calls into the system - each individual instruction i srun  
> on the underlying hardware.
>
> I think you should get a 2.0 GHz White MacBook w/1.5 Gig of RAM ;^)
>
> Lionel
> (no connection to seller, just on my mind as I read this question)
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