[semi-OT] Parallels

[Sarah Reichelt]

No I haven't looked at VMWare Brent, but I will give it a go. I love
this list, there are always people who know something about
everything!

Cheers,
Sarah


On 9/5/07, Brent Anderson <brentj84062 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Although Parallels is a great product and I know many people who like
> it a lot, have you looked into using VMWare instead? Apart from being
> the well-established experts in the industry, VMWare Fusion uses more
> acceptable means for hooking into your Mac from a behind the scenes
> perspective whereas Parallels integrates in a less than graceful
> fashion. I use VMWare with Revolution and it doesn't have a problem,
> either.
>
> Thanks,
> Brent Anderson
> Fiery Ferret
>
> On Sep 4, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm about to get Parallels and use it for Windows on my Mac. I seem to
> > remember there were problems earlier with Rev windows not drawing
> > properly. Is that still the case or is it fixed now? Are there any
> > other tricks I should know about before I start? What about using
> > libURL, revBrowser, Trevor's Quicktime external and other Windows
> > externals? I just don't want to waste my time trying to track bugs
> > that are not my fault and will not appear on a full Windows system.
> >
> > I'll be running XP I think. I have XP Pro already and don't want to
> > shell out for a Vista license for my limited use.