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bigbadneil

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Jul 18, 2009
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Guys,
I am going to buy a new iMac in 10 days time fully loaded with SDD and 2T Hard drive and 8GB ram, and want to know if I should Bootcamp or run Parallels on it;
The only windows things I need to run for now are;
To check my company mail via Citrix using a USB Smartbadge reader for authentication.
Run a Golf Swing annalist software program
 
I would imagine Parallels would be up to the things you list. Much easier to use, and saves you having to restart your Mac.
 
I would imagine Parallels would be up to the things you list. Much easier to use, and saves you having to restart your Mac.

I am a wee bit concerned about the USB Smartbadge reader as I tried to get my company mail using my Sony Vaio running Windows 7 and there are issues with the smart badge reader and my company says there software is not compatible with windows 7 but will work fine with Vista so I will plan to buy Window Vista and install that in Parellels...................maybe I can try the free trial of Parallels and try that first to see if I can get my Chevron mail
 
Just what I was thinking as I read your post. Download a trial and see if it works as you need it to.
 
I have just come off the phone with 3 different Apple shops in KL and all of them say 2 to 6 weeks to order the iMac..............WTF.
I really don’t want to wait, I only get one month off then back on the Oil Rig so I want it as soon as I get home in one weeks time.
Apart from 5k Malaysian how much of a difference is there between a stock iMac and the fully loaded one that I originally wanted.
 
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