I can't stand to listen to either of those bought and paid for idiots,
but thank god there were transcripts. I downloaded and installed
parallels - wow - awesome. I summarily dismissed the XP partition and
life is GREAT! Parallels runs fast and without hiccups or issues*.
*If you download the package of the front page it will not work but if
you download the RC2 it works great. What a cinch to install and
operate. Lovely!
Boot camp (dual boot OSX and WinXP) WARNINGS
This is beta software and it shows. I had to install USB keyboard and
mouse which negates the wireless iMac stuff (bleh) while things worked
ok it was still a pain in the ass. Also holding the option button at
startup (which is supposed to allow you to choose the OS) didn't work
for me. So I had to direct it from the current OS - it sucked. Having
used Parallels - I would not ever go back to Boot Camp.
A couple of bumps along the road but still loving this iMac.
Thanks for the info Brian, appreciate it.
Next question... AV software? I read viruses and malware no issues right
now but I am sure I read there were some viruses out there... Suggestions?
Brian Weeden wrote:
Take a listen to this podcast where they talk about how to setup
Parallels so you can run Windows apps on your Mac without dualbooting:
http://www.twit.tv/node/4548
On 9/30/06, joeuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
One word... WOW!
iMac, 20-inch, Intel Core 2 Duo
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
iWork '06 preinstalled
250GB Serial ATA Drive
SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Apple Wireless Keyboard & wireless Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X (US English)
ATI Radeon X1600/256MB VRAM
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
I cannot believe how sharp and vibrant the image is.
Some things I noticed...
Setup: What a cinch. Answer a few questions... simple stuff. Done.
Everything worked. I didn't have to install or remove jack. VERY
friendly. Very sexy. I took the old family pc which was salvaged Gateway
mini case (tall but not as deep) and 17in CRT and put it in the boy's
room. Looks so sleek. If I was using wireless I would have only one line
connected to it - power. Speaking of, the power cord was soft, flexible
and flat angle. Setting easily located. Firewall off by default
though... not sure if that's bad or not. INet sharing through the
wireless was on? Maybe I misunderstood it, but I turned it off. Heavy
into the .Mac jazz but not forced down your throat. Mouse is different -
it is a button basically. Has a little gray rubber ball to scroll with.
It's very nice and I am quite happy. I can see I will be an Apple fan.
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Cheers,
joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)
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Cheers,
joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)
