Comments on: CrossOver, Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare… http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/ Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:04:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jim http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-623863 jim Thu, 01 May 2008 00:57:10 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-623863 @ louise you need to hold down the 'alt' key as you start up your Mac - this will give you the option to boot into MS Windows or Mac Leopard/Tiger @ louise
you need to hold down the ‘alt’ key as you start up your Mac – this will give you the option to boot into MS Windows or Mac Leopard/Tiger

]]> By: Louise Normandin http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-528621 Louise Normandin Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:52:34 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-528621 Hi, I recently bought a MacBook after being assured that I would be able to run Windows, MS Office, IMSI's FloorPlan-3D and all my other Windows-based applications. The store installed BootCamp and VMware-Fusion, Windows XP and all my Windows-based software but I haven't been able to run any of my old applications other than Firefox. How does one get into the Windows environment from a MacBook? I have clicked on the "Windows HD" icon on my desktop, and chosen "Windows" and "Explorer.exe" -- but could not actually launch Explorer. Instead, I was presented with a message that said: "There is no default application to open the document " I have the same problem when I try to open Windows-based email-attachments... What should I do now? Hi,

I recently bought a MacBook after being assured that I would be able to run Windows, MS Office, IMSI’s FloorPlan-3D and all my other Windows-based applications.

The store installed BootCamp and VMware-Fusion, Windows XP and all my Windows-based software but I haven’t been able to run any of my old applications other than Firefox.

How does one get into the Windows environment from a MacBook?

I have clicked on the “Windows HD” icon on my desktop, and chosen “Windows” and “Explorer.exe” — but could not actually launch Explorer. Instead, I was presented with a message that said: “There is no default application to open the document ”

I have the same problem when I try to open Windows-based email-attachments…

What should I do now?

]]> By: VirtuaMag.net http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-172292 VirtuaMag.net Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:53:34 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-172292 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] [...]

]]> By: Anemir http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-137231 Anemir Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:27:34 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-137231 HI, I am a architectural student who uses 3D Studio Max to create visualisatians, in combination with Vray. I just installed the new parallels alpha 3 and use bootcamp as the virtual machine. I know use 3D STUDIO MAX and VRAY in MacOSX using the new coherence feature. It runs amazingly fast and even gets good render times. (Although you must set your vieuwport rendering to software because els they are black) I can boot into Bootcamp to get even faster rendertimes with Max. I was quite amazed by the preformance and I believe that if the keep this up there will be no limit to Parallels possibilities. Greets, (an amazed and happy new parallels user :) ) HI,

I am a architectural student who uses 3D Studio Max to create visualisatians, in combination with Vray. I just installed the new parallels alpha 3 and use bootcamp as the virtual machine. I know use 3D STUDIO MAX and VRAY in MacOSX using the new coherence feature. It runs amazingly fast and even gets good render times. (Although you must set your vieuwport rendering to software because els they are black) I can boot into Bootcamp to get even faster rendertimes with Max. I was quite amazed by the preformance and I believe that if the keep this up there will be no limit to Parallels possibilities.

Greets, (an amazed and happy new parallels user :) )

]]> By: Any good programs like Picasa for Mac? - Page 10 - No Wonder! http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-74689 Any good programs like Picasa for Mac? - Page 10 - No Wonder! Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:15:40 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-74689 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] I've been using a Mac G5 at work for a couple of years, and love it. Now we have a good offer through work and I'm thinking of buying a Mac Pro Dual Xeon for my living room. As a long time Picasa user fearing the loss of a killer app (me and my wife use this extensively), I searched on google and found this thread. I also searched for crossover, paralells and boot camp, and found this little thingy: http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/...allels-vmware/ "2xApplication Server" and wonder if anyone has used it at all, and what the impression is? Since we use Picasa over the network today (and it is blazing fast) I think there is a chance that a remote application server system might be of help. I will try it out, when the new Macs arrive (10 weeks from now, don't ask). As for the discussion about Picasa. I've been using a lot of picture archivers in my day, FotoStation at work, ACDSee?, irfanview, and some things on Amiga I can't even remember the names of. All of them seem old skool compared to Picasa. And some have bloated until they're not very good (ACDSee anyone?). I haven't tried out iPhoto on the Mac at work, simply because most of our archive is on a Windows server, so we use FotoStation for archiving, indexing and search. As for storing data centrally (iPhoto style) or distributed (Picasa style) there are pros and cons. If you do a lot of ICPT searches, storing those data in a central DB makes it easier to search for data in the ICPTs. Not storing them in the header of the file in addition is not very nice. It binds you to one application for ever, and when transmitting the file (for example selling to another media outlet) valuable data might not follow the file. Not a good thing in a business situation. ACDSee used to store all its thumbnails in a central database. When the file got larger than 2 GB, it just stopped working. Also, this file was stored in an out of the way place. If you ditched the OS (which you often have to do when working against Windows) to reinstall. Because Windows stores a lot of dirt in the documents and settings folder which frankly aren't fun to back up. Picasa gets around these problems by sacrificing the speed of searches (though it seems very fast on our 40000+ raw archive at home). Picasa is showing my Canon Raw files, for Windows I'd recommend RawShooter for working with raw files. I hope Picasa will come out for Mac. There are a few applications I really can't leave behind, Picasa, Yahoo Messenger (voice and video to family on the other side of the earth is neccessary), 3D Studio Max (I'll just get boot camp for my Mac), Telio Phone (soft phone from my voip guys), games (boot camp). But honestly, day to day work, the Mac has most of the bases covered (even a Yahoo Messenger client, doesn't do voice I read, but for the quick chats it will be okay). I'm looking forward to the Mac. But I need Picasa to really sell it to my wife [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] I’ve been using a Mac G5 at work for a couple of years, and love it. Now we have a good offer through work and I’m thinking of buying a Mac Pro Dual Xeon for my living room. As a long time Picasa user fearing the loss of a killer app (me and my wife use this extensively), I searched on google and found this thread. I also searched for crossover, paralells and boot camp, and found this little thingy: http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/…allels-vmware/ "2xApplication Server" and wonder if anyone has used it at all, and what the impression is? Since we use Picasa over the network today (and it is blazing fast) I think there is a chance that a remote application server system might be of help. I will try it out, when the new Macs arrive (10 weeks from now, don’t ask). As for the discussion about Picasa. I’ve been using a lot of picture archivers in my day, FotoStation at work, ACDSee?, irfanview, and some things on Amiga I can’t even remember the names of. All of them seem old skool compared to Picasa. And some have bloated until they’re not very good (ACDSee anyone?). I haven’t tried out iPhoto on the Mac at work, simply because most of our archive is on a Windows server, so we use FotoStation for archiving, indexing and search. As for storing data centrally (iPhoto style) or distributed (Picasa style) there are pros and cons. If you do a lot of ICPT searches, storing those data in a central DB makes it easier to search for data in the ICPTs. Not storing them in the header of the file in addition is not very nice. It binds you to one application for ever, and when transmitting the file (for example selling to another media outlet) valuable data might not follow the file. Not a good thing in a business situation. ACDSee used to store all its thumbnails in a central database. When the file got larger than 2 GB, it just stopped working. Also, this file was stored in an out of the way place. If you ditched the OS (which you often have to do when working against Windows) to reinstall. Because Windows stores a lot of dirt in the documents and settings folder which frankly aren’t fun to back up. Picasa gets around these problems by sacrificing the speed of searches (though it seems very fast on our 40000+ raw archive at home). Picasa is showing my Canon Raw files, for Windows I’d recommend RawShooter for working with raw files. I hope Picasa will come out for Mac. There are a few applications I really can’t leave behind, Picasa, Yahoo Messenger (voice and video to family on the other side of the earth is neccessary), 3D Studio Max (I’ll just get boot camp for my Mac), Telio Phone (soft phone from my voip guys), games (boot camp). But honestly, day to day work, the Mac has most of the bases covered (even a Yahoo Messenger client, doesn’t do voice I read, but for the quick chats it will be okay). I’m looking forward to the Mac. But I need Picasa to really sell it to my wife [...]

]]> By: CrossOver, Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare... » Netscape.com http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-68518 CrossOver, Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare... » Netscape.com Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:54:55 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-68518 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] (via chris.pirillo.com) – Apple is prepping Boot Camp for Leopard inclusion next year. I wouldn't be surprised if they soon figured out how to enable Windows apps to run "natively" in OS X. CodeWeavers already has CrossOver Mac, which pretty much does that now. Dual booting is for geeks, though I believe that VMWare and Parallels will keep everybody but the gamers (35 days ago) [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] (via chris.pirillo.com) – Apple is prepping Boot Camp for Leopard inclusion next year. I wouldn’t be surprised if they soon figured out how to enable Windows apps to run “natively” in OS X. CodeWeavers already has CrossOver Mac, which pretty much does that now. Dual booting is for geeks, though I believe that VMWare and Parallels will keep everybody but the gamers (35 days ago) [...]

]]> By: Any good programs like Picasa for Mac? - Page 10 - macosx.com - Mac Support http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-66388 Any good programs like Picasa for Mac? - Page 10 - macosx.com - Mac Support Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:47:51 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-66388 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] I've been using a Mac G5 at work for a couple of years, and love it. Now we have a good offer through work and I'm thinking of buying a Mac Pro Dual Xeon for my living room. As a long time Picasa user fearing the loss of a killer app (me and my wife use this extensively), I searched on google and found this thread. I also searched for crossover, paralells and boot camp, and found this little thingy: http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/...allels-vmware/ "2xApplication Server" and wonder if anyone has used it at all, and what the impression is? Since we use Picasa over the network today (and it is blazing fast) I think there is a chance that a remote application server system might be of help. I will try it out, when the new Macs arrive (10 weeks from now, don't ask). As for the discussion about Picasa. I've been using a lot of picture archivers in my day, FotoStation at work, ACDSee?, irfanview, and some things on Amiga I can't even remember the names of. All of them seem old skool compared to Picasa. And some have bloated until they're not very good (ACDSee anyone?). I haven't tried out iPhoto on the Mac at work, simply because most of our archive is on a Windows server, so we use FotoStation for archiving, indexing and search. As for storing data centrally (iPhoto style) or distributed (Picasa style) there are pros and cons. If you do a lot of ICPT searches, storing those data in a central DB makes it easier to search for data in the ICPTs. Not storing them in the header of the file in addition is not very nice. It binds you to one application for ever, and when transmitting the file (for example selling to another media outlet) valuable data might not follow the file. Not a good thing in a business situation. ACDSee used to store all its thumbnails in a central database. When the file got larger than 2 GB, it just stopped working. Also, this file was stored in an out of the way place. If you ditched the OS (which you often have to do when working against Windows) to reinstall. Because Windows stores a lot of dirt in the documents and settings folder which frankly aren't fun to back up. Picasa gets around these problems by sacrificing the speed of searches (though it seems very fast on our 40000+ raw archive at home). Picasa is showing my Canon Raw files, for Windows I'd recommend RawShooter for working with raw files. I hope Picasa will come out for Mac. There are a few applications I really can't leave behind, Picasa, Yahoo Messenger (voice and video to family on the other side of the earth is neccessary), 3D Studio Max (I'll just get boot camp for my Mac), Telio Phone (soft phone from my voip guys), games (boot camp). But honestly, day to day work, the Mac has most of the bases covered (even a Yahoo Messenger client, doesn't do voice I read, but for the quick chats it will be okay). I'm looking forward to the Mac. But I need Picasa to really sell it to my wife [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] I’ve been using a Mac G5 at work for a couple of years, and love it. Now we have a good offer through work and I’m thinking of buying a Mac Pro Dual Xeon for my living room. As a long time Picasa user fearing the loss of a killer app (me and my wife use this extensively), I searched on google and found this thread. I also searched for crossover, paralells and boot camp, and found this little thingy: http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/…allels-vmware/ "2xApplication Server" and wonder if anyone has used it at all, and what the impression is? Since we use Picasa over the network today (and it is blazing fast) I think there is a chance that a remote application server system might be of help. I will try it out, when the new Macs arrive (10 weeks from now, don’t ask). As for the discussion about Picasa. I’ve been using a lot of picture archivers in my day, FotoStation at work, ACDSee?, irfanview, and some things on Amiga I can’t even remember the names of. All of them seem old skool compared to Picasa. And some have bloated until they’re not very good (ACDSee anyone?). I haven’t tried out iPhoto on the Mac at work, simply because most of our archive is on a Windows server, so we use FotoStation for archiving, indexing and search. As for storing data centrally (iPhoto style) or distributed (Picasa style) there are pros and cons. If you do a lot of ICPT searches, storing those data in a central DB makes it easier to search for data in the ICPTs. Not storing them in the header of the file in addition is not very nice. It binds you to one application for ever, and when transmitting the file (for example selling to another media outlet) valuable data might not follow the file. Not a good thing in a business situation. ACDSee used to store all its thumbnails in a central database. When the file got larger than 2 GB, it just stopped working. Also, this file was stored in an out of the way place. If you ditched the OS (which you often have to do when working against Windows) to reinstall. Because Windows stores a lot of dirt in the documents and settings folder which frankly aren’t fun to back up. Picasa gets around these problems by sacrificing the speed of searches (though it seems very fast on our 40000+ raw archive at home). Picasa is showing my Canon Raw files, for Windows I’d recommend RawShooter for working with raw files. I hope Picasa will come out for Mac. There are a few applications I really can’t leave behind, Picasa, Yahoo Messenger (voice and video to family on the other side of the earth is neccessary), 3D Studio Max (I’ll just get boot camp for my Mac), Telio Phone (soft phone from my voip guys), games (boot camp). But honestly, day to day work, the Mac has most of the bases covered (even a Yahoo Messenger client, doesn’t do voice I read, but for the quick chats it will be okay). I’m looking forward to the Mac. But I need Picasa to really sell it to my wife [...]

]]> By: Scott http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-42825 Scott Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:37:23 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-42825 Forget Entourage. Between Apple Mail, iCal, and Address Book, I get everything I need from the built-in apps. Granted, each of those apps needs some improvements, and I'm not sure whether the previewed improvements coming with Leopard will be entirely satisfactory, but most of the time I'm happy with them and don't miss Outlook one bit. Forget Entourage. Between Apple Mail, iCal, and Address Book, I get everything I need from the built-in apps. Granted, each of those apps needs some improvements, and I’m not sure whether the previewed improvements coming with Leopard will be entirely satisfactory, but most of the time I’m happy with them and don’t miss Outlook one bit.

]]> By: Chris Bellini http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-42725 Chris Bellini Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:37:26 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-42725 According to the Official Parallels Virtualation Blog, the next version of Parallels Desktop should please gamers: "Fast 3D graphics support
 via support for OpenGL and DirectX. You'll be able to run games at full speed without leaving your OS X desktop!" <a href="http://parallelsvirtualization.blogspot.com/2006/08/wwdc-wrap-up-part-2-vmware-is-in.html" rel="nofollow">Source</a> Think they can deliver? It seems pretty ambitious to me. According to the Official Parallels Virtualation Blog, the next version of Parallels Desktop should please gamers:

“Fast 3D graphics support
 via support for OpenGL and DirectX. You’ll be able to run games at full speed without leaving your OS X desktop!”

Source

Think they can deliver? It seems pretty ambitious to me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-642572 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-642572 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Parallels Desktop 3.0 is finally ready for download... Related Content:Software Coupons and DiscountsSave $30 on ParallelsDownload FanaticsFlashStats 2006 Coupon CodeCrossOver, Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare…A Better Vista Boot ScreenFeedDemon ExclusiveDiscount Software: AntiSpyware and AntiVirus Software CouponsPicasa 2Sonic / Roxio / Video Editing Software Coupons<!--%kramer-post%--> Parallels Desktop 3.0 is finally ready for download… Related Content:Software Coupons and DiscountsSave $30 on ParallelsDownload FanaticsFlashStats 2006 Coupon CodeCrossOver, Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare…A Better Vista Boot ScreenFeedDemon ExclusiveDiscount Software: AntiSpyware and AntiVirus Software CouponsPicasa 2Sonic / Roxio / Video Editing Software Coupons

]]> By: SocioBiblog http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-661341 SocioBiblog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-661341 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Parallels Desktop 3.0 is finally ready for download... Related Content:Software Coupons and DiscountsSave $30 on ParallelsDownload FanaticsFlashStats 2006 Coupon CodeCrossOver, Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare…A Better Vista Boot ScreenFeedDemon ExclusiveDiscount Software: AntiSpyware and AntiVirus Software CouponsPicasa 2Sonic / Roxio / Video Editing Software Coupons<!--%kramer-post%--> Parallels Desktop 3.0 is finally ready for download… Related Content:Software Coupons and DiscountsSave $30 on ParallelsDownload FanaticsFlashStats 2006 Coupon CodeCrossOver, Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare…A Better Vista Boot ScreenFeedDemon ExclusiveDiscount Software: AntiSpyware and AntiVirus Software CouponsPicasa 2Sonic / Roxio / Video Editing Software Coupons

]]> By: VirtuaMag.net http://chris.pirillo.com/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-525942 VirtuaMag.net Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/19/crossover-boot-camp-parallels-vmware/#comment-525942 <!--%kramer-pre%-->���� VMware-Toolsのインストール 19 septembre 2006 VMware-Toolsのインストール Vineはを出しているのに、何故VMware-Toolsのインストールに苦しまな (...) CrossOver, Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare… 18 septembre 2006 Apple is prepping Boot Camp for Leopard inclusion next year. I wouldn’t be surprised if they soon figured out how to enable Windows apps to run... Alberto Bullani alla guida di VMware Italia<!--%kramer-post%--> ���� VMware-Toolsのインストール 19 septembre 2006 VMware-Toolsのインストール Vineはを出しているのに、何故VMware-Toolsのインストールに苦しまな (…) CrossOver, Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare… 18 septembre 2006 Apple is prepping Boot Camp for Leopard inclusion next year. I wouldn’t be surprised if they soon figured out how to enable Windows apps to run… Alberto Bullani alla guida di VMware Italia

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