I'm deciding between bootcamp and parallels on rMBP 13", does Parallels work with zero lag or should I go with Bootcamp?
Will be using windows for office, work, maybe photo editing but no games, video editing.
I'm deciding between bootcamp and parallels on rMBP 13", does Parallels work with zero lag or should I go with Bootcamp?
Will be using windows for office, work, maybe photo editing but no games, video editing.
I think someone always has to say this when these questions are posted so it might as well be me this time. It sounds like you are doing most of your work with Windows. Perhaps a machine designed for Windows would be a better choice. Buying a Mac and then running Windows most of the time makes no sense to me. There are a bunch of Windows PCs out there with 1920 displays. That's still pretty high resolution for a 13" display.
It's a shame that Sony no longer sells the Z -- it was a great machine.
I should have bought a pc maybe but I'm fed up of the lack of responsiveness on trackpads I have tried from other manufacturers. But I do use the mac as a mac too.
I certainly agree with you on the trackpad!
I use Parallels on my 15" and the few apps I run there seem to work normally. If I full screen it one can forget it's not "normal" Windows pretty easily. I have had issues with some video capture software -- it taps into the video driver and it's not happy under Parallels. Gaming can be a problem too.
You can run Parallels in Coherence mode and your Windows apps appear on the same desktop as the Mac apps. The downside is you have a VM running the whole time and uses memory. If you are going to go with any VM, get the 8GB 13" for sure
Thanks, I've got 8gb, how much memory does parallels require when running?
I have a 2011 MBA 13in /4GB with parallels and work fine but a strain on the ram. I just upgraded to the 15 rMBP with 16 GB because of wanting to run parallels on it. PERFECT and smooth. I wanted to make sure I had enough ram to run this machine Highly recommend it for parallels.
Thanks for your help so far, I bought parallels.
How can I copy files from osx to windows? I can only see text and pics.
Do I need antivirus for the windows installation? I'm assuming yes it's just like any pc?