Thanks very much, Dave. That clears up the usage process between Bootcamp and Parallels. Appreciate you input. Bonnie
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:29 PM, David Hook <daveh...@rogers.com> wrote: > Bonnie: > > I am a MacBook user (and a Legacy user). I run both Parallels and > Bootcamp. So, for a short answer to your question, they are not mutually > exclusive; you can have both. > > Anyway, as to which is best, it comes down to person preference. > > With Bootcamp, you will need to boot up your Mac and load up Windows. The > downside is that when you are running Windows, you wont have access to any > of your Mac applications. > > WIth Parallels, you are essentially opening up Windows in a separate > Window, so you can easily switch between windows and mac applications. But > the downside with parallels is that you are running an operating system on > top of another operating system so running legacy via parallels does not run > anywhere near as smoothly as through boot camp. > > As for me, I typically use boot camp. I'll boot up windows and do pretty > much only my genealogy and nothing else. I keep all my genealogy stuff on > my windows partition. Then if I want to do anything else, I just reboot and > load up Mac OSX. If I want to do something quick in Legacy while Max OSX is > loaded, then I'll open up parallels. > > Hope that helps, > Dave > > > > > On 2010-09-03, at 10:24 AM, Bonnie Samuel wrote: > > > I have a MACBook, OSX 10.6. Which emulator is best for running > Legacy--Parallels 5 or Bootcamp? Other suggestions? Thanks > > > > -- > > Bonnie Samuel > > Website: http://bonniesamueldesigns.com > > Email: bon...@bonniesamuel.com > > Blog: http://bonniesamueldesigns.com/blog/ > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > -- Bonnie Samuel Website: http://bonniesamueldesigns.com Email: bon...@bonniesamuel.com Blog: http://bonniesamueldesigns.com/blog/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
