Parallels Desktop

[Jim Carwardine]

If I already have a purchased version of Parallels, to load the new beta
version, do I need to deinstall the original version first?  Jim


on 2/21/07 2:49 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:

> Since I couldn't find this very simple information anywhere else on
> Parallels website, I thought I'd mention it here:
> 
> By using Parallels with Bootcamp, one gets the best of both worlds. If
> you wish, you can boot directly into Windows XP, use Apple's hardware
> drivers and for all intents and purposes, run WinXP on a standard PC.
> To do this, you'll need a new copy of WinXP (Home or Professional) for
> installing. WinXP is unlike Mac OSX as it 'phones home' for every
> computer it's installed on. So, you HAVE to have a separate copy for
> each computer.
> 
> By installing the *LATEST BETA* of Parallels AFTER installing
> Bootcamp, you can instruct it to 'virtualize' your Bootcamp partition,
> so you don't need to reinstall WinXP again. Once installed, you can
> run your virtual PC when in the Mac OSX, having access to all your
> apps, files and settings you had setup in Bootcamp. With the new
> Coherence option, you can actually use both Mac and PC simultaneously,
> as their application windows can share the same desktop.
> 
> If you want to share files between Mac and PC for both Bootcamp and
> Parallels options, be sure and choose FAT32 mode as the format for
> your PC partition. In this mode, you can only create a maximum
> partition size of 32 GB.
> 
> This little bit of information above, would be best posted somewhere
> on Parallels website, but I couldn't find it. Some of it does appear
> in the docs which ship with Parallels once you purchase it, download
> it, then download the upgrade, then launch the new upgrade docs
> (whew!).
> 
> HTH, Chipp
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