Comments on: Dissing Parallels http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/ Ranting and Raving Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:02:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The Cafes » Setting Up My Home Office http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-377052 The Cafes » Setting Up My Home Office Mon, 19 May 2008 01:19:38 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-377052 [...] Figure out why Parallels is non-functional. [...] [...] Figure out why Parallels is non-functional. [...]

]]> By: Mokka mit Schlag » VMWare Fusion Cheap http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-339150 Mokka mit Schlag » VMWare Fusion Cheap Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:12:54 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-339150 [...] seen it anywhere else. I’ll probably grab a copy since the more expensive Parallels still isn’t working for me. « One Thing I Like About [...] [...] seen it anywhere else. I’ll probably grab a copy since the more expensive Parallels still isn’t working for me. « One Thing I Like About [...]

]]> By: Elliotte Rusty Harold http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-306483 Elliotte Rusty Harold Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:19:58 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-306483 Those of you who claim it works perfectly: have you tried it with Windows NT or 2000? These are advertised as supported OS's, but as near as I can tell that's simply false. Those of you who claim it works perfectly: have you tried it with Windows NT or 2000? These are advertised as supported OS’s, but as near as I can tell that’s simply false.

]]> By: DW http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-255831 DW Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:27:10 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-255831 I'm having the exact same problem. I'm using a new MacBook (the black one) and trying to run Win2k. Sometimes the beach ball comes before I have a chance to even click the start button, sometimes it happens 20 minutes after the boot. Once the beach ball comes up, the processor slowly gets hotter and hotter, the fans start up, and sometimes the mouse goes away. I, too, am unable to force quit and have to do a hard restart. I'm really disappointed. Looks like it'll be VMWare for me. I’m having the exact same problem. I’m using a new MacBook (the black one) and trying to run Win2k. Sometimes the beach ball comes before I have a chance to even click the start button, sometimes it happens 20 minutes after the boot.

Once the beach ball comes up, the processor slowly gets hotter and hotter, the fans start up, and sometimes the mouse goes away. I, too, am unable to force quit and have to do a hard restart.

I’m really disappointed. Looks like it’ll be VMWare for me.

]]> By: Jan http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-236194 Jan Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:11:35 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-236194 Minor correction... VirtualBox != Xen But it is verry good and installs like a breeze. I used to have a dualboot system just for checking my web pages with MS Internet Exporer. Thanks to VirtualBox I can now check all my pages with all the crippled browsers Redmond produces IE 7.0, IE 6.0, IE 5.5 etc.. Minor correction… VirtualBox != Xen
But it is verry good and installs like a breeze. I used to have a dualboot system just for checking my web pages with MS Internet Exporer. Thanks to VirtualBox I can now check all my pages with all the crippled browsers Redmond produces IE 7.0, IE 6.0, IE 5.5 etc..

]]> By: Jan http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-236158 Jan Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:47:12 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-236158 Try VirtualBox. Its free Xen based virtualization. I use it on my Ubuntu laptop. Ubuntu is my host system but Mac OSX can also be the host sytem if you like. http://www.virtualbox.org/ Try VirtualBox. Its free Xen based virtualization. I use it on my Ubuntu laptop. Ubuntu is my host system but Mac OSX can also be the host sytem if you like. http://www.virtualbox.org/

]]> By: Tina http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-233401 Tina Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:11:19 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-233401 Interesting post, but I disagree 1. Parallels works fine with all of the OSs that I have installed 2. All of the Icons tell me what they do when I hover over them and if i have any questions amazingly like any other software it comes with a user guide..... 3. Come on if you where smart enough to know how to rename your Macintosh HD than I assume and so does Parallels that you knew what it was by default. 4. Most software puts the serial number inside the box if it was outside the box people would steal it and my zeros have slashes through them and my ones have flags. Interesting post, but I disagree
1. Parallels works fine with all of the OSs that I have installed
2. All of the Icons tell me what they do when I hover over them and if i have any questions amazingly like any other software it comes with a user guide…..
3. Come on if you where smart enough to know how to rename your Macintosh HD than I assume and so does Parallels that you knew what it was by default.
4. Most software puts the serial number inside the box if it was outside the box people would steal it and my zeros have slashes through them and my ones have flags.

]]> By: Stefan Tilkov http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-232581 Stefan Tilkov Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:24:06 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/mac/2008/01/20/dissing-parallels/#comment-232581 Interesting -- it runs perfectly and without any flaws on three of my machines. It even has done so when it was still in beta. Interesting — it runs perfectly and without any flaws on three of my machines. It even has done so when it was still in beta.

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