Phillipe,
We have a MacBook Pro 17" running OS X and Windows under Boot Camp.
It is fast.
However, everything *read* about Parallels suggests it is very fast
as well (possibly 90-95% of 'native' ), and the ease of use of Cmd-
Tab to CAD rather than shutdown/reboot should be a major consideration.
Glenn.
On 26/06/2006, at 7:19 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
On 26/6/06 6:43 PM, "J Philippe Chaperon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Dear WAMUG'ers,
I have a relative of mine thinking of moving from Windows to a Mac
- Intel.
However it is important for him to be able to run a CAD
application, only
available in Windows version, 3D rendering and Photoshop apps for
his last
year of architect studies.
Does any one has experience of Parallels and Boot Camp, and can
thus report
on their respective pros & cons?
All the articles I have read so far indicate that Parallels is
faster than
Boot camp - but not sure about Potoshop or CAD apps. Have not seen
anything
about reliability, which is extremely important as assignments
will be done
on the Mac, if purchased.
Any information will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Philippe
Hi Philippe
I can't comment on CAD applications, but we have an Intel iMac 17"
with
1.5GB of RAM running Mac OSX and Windows XP and it runs quite well.
We have
thrown some pretty high end games at it and it managed to run this
with no
problems at all. We did it via Bootcamp rather then Parallels as
that is
what we needed to see how it worked. Overall, we've been pretty
impressed
with it. It runs quite well. I've "sourced" a few machines for
clients and
they purchased Win XP at the same time and we set it up and they've
been
very happy with it. So overall I think it should handle most tasks
very
well.
Hope that all helps.
Kind Regards
Daniel
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