Running win app via Parallels on Mac Pro

[ronweathers]

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I am waiting to purchase a new Mac Pro, when I do, I still need to run some win apps (non games via Parallels). What impacts to the speed of these would one likely see? I plan to spec my new MP with the fastest single chip processor, fastest CPU, and at least 8 gigs ram. Config advice also welcome.

Many thanks

 

[slughead]

First of all, parallels sucks, use VirtualBox (FREE)

Second, you can allocate resources for your virtual machine. Your performance should depend on that more than anything else.

 

[Roman23]

You are better off

getting the 2.66 single-quad config and then goto velocity micro and get the W3580 for less than 600 dollars.. You will pay close to 1500-2000 dollars more from the 2.66 to the 3.33.

My machine now has a 3.33 processor in it and its working great!! Why spend 2000 more when you can get the w3580 for a hell of a lot cheaper and do the upgrade yerself.

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I am waiting to purchase a new Mac Pro, when I do, I still need to run some win apps (non games via Parallels). What impacts to the speed of these would one likely see? I plan to spec my new MP with the fastest single chip processor, fastest CPU, and at least 8 gigs ram. Config advice also welcome.

Many thanks

 

[smithrh]

I am waiting to purchase a new Mac Pro, when I do, I still need to run some win apps (non games via Parallels). What impacts to the speed of these would one likely see? I plan to spec my new MP with the fastest single chip processor, fastest CPU, and at least 8 gigs ram. Config advice also welcome.

Many thanks

I run Parallels on a MBP with 4G RAM and it's entirely fine.

It does tend to want a lot of RAM, and to hold onto it, if I could upgrade my MBP to 8G RAM I would, but it's max'ed out.

Unless you're running a lot of Mac apps at the same time you're running Parallels, I'd tend to think 8G RAM would be fine.

Side note: like a lot of others, I run hot and cold wrt Parallels. Yeah, it works and generally works pretty well, but support isn't all that great and I don't like the high prices charged for upgrades, so I'm a major version behind already.