I haven't found a recent site that lists performance specs of the various options, but there are quite a few sites out there if you google boot camp versus parallels (or similar) that will give you a good (if slightly outdated) overview.
If you run Boot Camp, it sets up a dual-boot environment and you will be running arc natively under Windows, which will give the fastest performance. I haven't run parallels or the other virtual options, so i can't comment on how robust they are, but I've been happy with my Windows installation under Boot Camp. Transferring files from the windows and mac side can be problematic because although macs can read an NTFS formatted drive, they cannot write to them. To solve this problem, I have a dedicated Fat32 partition on my main outboard drive that I use as a transfer drive. Cheers, Chris 2011/4/21 Steven Garrett <[email protected]>: > This conversation is probably useful for people already using a Mac to try > and figure out the best way to do it, but it is almost useless to somewhat > who just bought a Mac today (like me). Too many new terms and new software > being thrown around. What I need is a step by step process. Can anyone point > me to such site? > Steven > > > ________________________________ > From: christopher scott <[email protected]> > To: Steven Garrett <[email protected]>; UW - GIS Discussion and Support > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 2:21:08 PM > Subject: Re: [UW-GIS-L] Re: Arc on a Mac > > I find that just using Boot Camp is worth the initial hassle. It's > much faster, plus I don't have to clutter up my Mac side with all that > PC software. :-) I'm currently running the 9.3 student evaluation > copy under Windows 7 on my 13" MacBook Pro using Boot Camp and I > haven't had any problems. It's not the fastest machine for ArcGIS, but > it's faster than it would be under software emulation... > > The biggest problem I have is dealing with the Mac NTFS issue. I hate > having to use a dedicated fat32 drive to transfer files from the mac > side to my big NTFS drive. > > Cheers, > Chris > > 2011/4/21 Steven Garrett <[email protected]>: >> If I just want to run stand alone Windows apps on a Mac, is Parallels the >> only software I need? Or do I need VMware Fusion too? >> >> Steven >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Ross A. McKenzie <[email protected]> >> To: UW - GIS Discussion and Support <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 1:01:39 PM >> Subject: Re: [UW-GIS-L] Re: Arc on a Mac >> >> >> VMWare has a software utility that will import a running windows machine >> onto your mac: >> >> http://www.vmware.com/download/fusion/windows_to_mac.html >> >> I've used it once (with winXP) and it worked as advertised. >> >> -- >> ross >> > > > > -- > __________________________________ > Christopher A. Scott > Master of Urban Planning Candidate 2011 > University of Washington > College of Built Environments > [email protected] > [email protected] > 206.919.0619 > _______________________________________________ > Uw-gis-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uw-gis-l > > _______________________________________________ > Uw-gis-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uw-gis-l > > -- __________________________________ Christopher A. Scott Master of Urban Planning Candidate 2011 University of Washington College of Built Environments [email protected] [email protected] 206.919.0619 _______________________________________________ Uw-gis-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uw-gis-l
