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Fast OS Switching now possible (Video inside)

That's pretty neat, and on a slightly unrelated note it's good to see that Parallels now has fullscreen support.
 
Nermal said:
That's pretty neat, and on a slightly unrelated note it's good to see that Parallels now has fullscreen support.
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Has any1 managed to install beta 4? mine kept crashing the installation process on me.

Oded S.
 
I can see that becoming one of the new features of Leopard. Good to see if for some reason it doesn't, someone will make it. :D
 
so how exactly could i do it with my powerbook g4?

I know about virtual pc but that's too slow for me. Is it possible to switch between OS fast on PB G4?

Thanks much
 
solarisc said:
so how exactly could i do it with my powerbook g4?

I know about virtual pc but that's too slow for me. Is it possible to switch between OS fast on PB G4?

Thanks much
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Nope. Only the newest Macs (read: Intel Macs) are able to run the Parallels software demonstrated. It is what takes advantage of the Intel architecture allowing Windows to run at speeds unimaginable in Virtual PC.
 
odedia said:
Has any1 managed to install beta 4? mine kept crashing the installation process on me.

Oded S.
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Beta 5 is out now (will full screen support, USB and cube screen switching), give it a go instead. It pretty much rocks IMHO.
 
solarisc said:
so how exactly could i do it with my powerbook g4?

I know about virtual pc but that's too slow for me. Is it possible to switch between OS fast on PB G4?

Thanks much
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You need an Intel powered Mac.
 
Wow! That's pretty cool! Now if you had SGI there'd be four OSs spinning. Parallels seems very promising.

Too bad about the monitor though.
 
max_altitude said:
Slightly disturbing, but I suppose it will be very useful to some people.
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Although it is a nice feature, I for one want to get as much done with one OS as humanly possible. I hate the fact that I have to switch to Windows because of a couple of lame websites that don't know how to code for anything but IE. Not sure why I'd want to have Linux as an option either. To each his own I guess :cool:
 
The linux option is good for me because RSI have yet to release an Intel native Mac binary of IDL. However, I can run the Linux version in a VM fine and the speed is great (much better than running PPC IDL under Rosetta). I can even just minimise the Parallels VM window and ssh into the virtual Linux machine I'm running to use it. Very nice. ;)
 
xPismo said:
True. But you can use the good ol VPC on a G4 mac to get the same effect:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk-dSzqKjnM&mode=related&search=

Just ran over it while looking for something totally different (xbox stuff) and had this up the background. I just had to share. :D
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How is he accomplishing the fast switching and allowing the iTunes to play over the other "switch screens"?

I can see this being handy on my 15" Powerbook.

Christopher
 
cmcconkey said:
How is he accomplishing the fast switching and allowing the iTunes to play over the other "switch screens"?

I can see this being handy on my 15" Powerbook.

Christopher
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If you're using multiple desktops, Mac OS is still going in the background, as is iTunes. All you're doing is switching to a different monitor, as it were.
 
gloss said:
If you're using multiple desktops, Mac OS is still going in the background, as is iTunes. All you're doing is switching to a different monitor, as it were.
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How is it that you set this up? I have done a little bit of searching but just cannot seem to find anything on it.

Thanks
Christopher
 
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