Re: for mac ppl: Parallels vs VMWare

2007-08-07 Thread Sean Corfield
On 8/6/07, Dave l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > vmware does have "some" support for active x > > Play DirectX 8.1 games on your Mac Not enough to run Vista Aero tho'... However, VMware Fusion is way faster than Parallels... I'm impressed... WEI of 4.9 on CPU and 1.9 on graphics (compared to Parall

Re: for mac ppl: Parallels vs VMWare

2007-08-06 Thread Dave l
vmware does have "some" support for active x Play DirectX 8.1 games on your Mac VMware Fusion offers experimental support for hardware-accelerated 3D graphics in Windows XP virtual machines, making it possible to run DirectX 8.1 applications and play select 3D games on your Mac. > On 8/6/07,

Re: for mac ppl: Parallels vs VMWare

2007-08-06 Thread Larry Lyons
> lol.. well it wasnt just any software... was vista. > I woulda bought it back but i had to make a life decision .. vista > ultimate or an iphone. hummm wasnt a hard decision ;)~ > > > its no more wrong then u hanging out with zues & will!!! > > > @larry > yes it was current v

Re: for mac ppl: Parallels vs VMWare

2007-08-06 Thread Sean Corfield
On 8/6/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting. I'm assuming that you're using the most recent version of > Parallels here. Yeah, I find XP runs real well on Parallels, as does Ubuntu, Red Hat and CentOS but Vista is very sluggish and the User Experience Index does not (yet) find

Re: for mac ppl: Parallels vs VMWare

2007-08-06 Thread Dave l
lol.. well it wasnt just any software... was vista. I woulda bought it back but i had to make a life decision .. vista ultimate or an iphone. hummm wasnt a hard decision ;)~ its no more wrong then u hanging out with zues & will!!! @larry yes it was current version of parallels.

Re: for mac ppl: Parallels vs VMWare

2007-08-06 Thread Larry Lyons
Interesting. I'm assuming that you're using the most recent version of Parallels here. I've never noticed anything similar, but then again I just use it for the occasional Windows compatibility (ie., outlook and a couple of other programs). larry > Just a quick note. > > I purchased VMWare ov

Re: for mac ppl: Parallels vs VMWare

2007-08-06 Thread Ben Doom
You threw away software? Dude, that's just wrong. I mean, even if you never install it, you may have some use for it someday. Skeet shooting, maybe. --BenD Dave l wrote: > "How does it run Vista?" > Dude... you can't polish a turd > > Honestly couldnt tell ya, my copy of vista is curren

Re: for mac ppl: Parallels vs VMWare

2007-08-06 Thread Dave l
"How does it run Vista?" Dude... you can't polish a turd Honestly couldnt tell ya, my copy of vista is currently residing the the fort collins city dump... right where it belongs > On 8/6/07, Dave l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I purchased VMWare over the weekend because my parallels

Re: for mac ppl: Parallels vs VMWare

2007-08-06 Thread Sean Corfield
On 8/6/07, Dave l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I purchased VMWare over the weekend because my parallels install seems to bog > my puter down a bit How does it run Vista? The latest Parallels build does a better job of running Vista (I can actually run it with the default UI instead of Classic an

for mac ppl: Parallels vs VMWare

2007-08-05 Thread Dave l
Just a quick note. I purchased VMWare over the weekend because my parallels install seems to bog my puter down a bit and I heard vmware was a bit better on resourses. So i opened each up one at a time and watched the activity monitor to really see what each was using. VMWare was pretty stable