Parallels Review
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There have been numerous screencasts submitted over the past couple of weeks. Several of them are very, VERY good! I always knew that our community was full of talented individuals. It’s not too late for you to get involved, and have your screencast featured on this channel! Bwana has been hanging out with us for years, and is even a moderator in my chat room – when he has time! He’s gained quite a following of his own, and rightfully so. He does excellent work, and I’m always more than happy to have him do reviews for us. Today, he sent a screencast to me to give you all an overview of Parallels on the Mac.
When you first launch the software, you’ll only see the first two options: you’ll have to choose between a new Windows installation or to import a virtual machine. Since Bwana had already created a Windows image, he had a third option to use an existing VM.
The New Windows Installation option allows you to set up a virtual machine within Parallels to run inside of Mac OS X. There are several video tutorials online that show you how to set up and use a virtual machine. For the purposes of this video, Bwana chose to set up a new virtual machine in order to show you how it’s done.
Parallels is so easy to use that you can literally install Windows with just three clicks of your mouse. Run Windows programs like native Mac applications side-by-side using Coherence technologies. Gain instant access to your files, folders and data across both operating systems with SmartX technologies. And… you can remotely control your virtual machine using the iPhone application when you’re away from home!
Thanks to Bwana for sending a screencast in to us… and to all of you who are working hard and continuing to send in excellent material. I promise you – we’ll get them all up on our channels!
- HP LaserJet 5200dtn – Printer – B/W – duplex – laser – A3 – 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi – up to 35 ppm – capacity: 850 sheets – Parallel, USB, 10/100Base-TX
- HP LaserJet 2200D Printer ( C7058A#ABA )
- Belkin F2A046-06 IEEE 1284 PC A-B Parallel Printer Cable; DB25M/Cent36M (6-Feet)
- HP LaserJet 1320 – Printer – B/W – duplex – laser – Legal, A4 – 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi – up to 21 ppm – capacity: 250 sheets – Parallel, USB
- VMware Fusion 3
- VMware Fusion 2 [OLD VERSION]
- Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac [OLD VERSION]
- SMC Barricade 7004 – Wireless access point – Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, parallel, serial external
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4 Comments
Kristan Kenney
November 18th, 2009
at 12:14am
The last time I tried Parallels last year it wasn’t too bad, and this review shows that it has improved quite a bit – however VMware Fusion had better performance at the time (this was running on a late 2008 MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz). Is this still the case today?
Reb
November 18th, 2009
at 12:25am
what about upgrading from 4 to 5?
i just did it last week and it slowed down :S
even boots longer
(same bootcamp xp)
ronjamin
November 18th, 2009
at 7:31am
I think the software is great, but customer support is impossible.
Further, when trying to upgrade, I run into trouble with the company that they use in Europe to process credit cards.
When asked, they have no answers. Ive called and emailed them at least 20 times, and I still don’t have an upgrade.
Glenn
January 8th, 2010
at 9:10pm
Of course, for the more technically adept (i.e., doesn’t need much hand-holding from Customer Support), one could also use VirtualBox. Runs under Windows and Linux, let alone Mac, and…it’s free (FOSS).