Run Mac OS X and Windows simultaneously
April 17, 2006
The New York Times’ David Pogue reviews Parallels Workstation for Mac OS X , software which starts up Windows without rebooting your Intel-based Mac (like you have to with Boot Camp.)
Boot Camp’s problem, though, is right there in its name: You have to reboot (restart) the computer every time you switch systems. As a result, you can’t copy and paste between Mac and Windows programs. And when you want to run a Windows program, you have to close everything you were working on, shut down the Mac, and restart it in Windows — and then reverse the process when you’re done. You lose two or three minutes each way.
When you’re running Parallels, you can start up Windows XP in a separate window and copy and paste from one app to another. Even sweeter, unlike Boot Camp, Parallels supports versions beyond XP - Windows 98, 3.1 Windows 3.1, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OS/2 or MS-DOS. Pogue says it’s about 95% as fast as Boot Camp, more “beta,” and more complicated to install. The public beta is now available for download. Final version license will cost $50 after release ($40 before.)
via lifehacker.
