Running Windows: Bootcamp VS Parallel VS VMWare

Booting Windows on the Mac

Boot Camp is the only really good option for playing games or editing.

 

I agree, bootcamp is the only way to go on that one. Parallels and VMWare are more apt to word processing and more basic tasks.

 

I could have replied faster, if that is what you mean, but I was on the loo, thus my typing capabilities were hampered by a cussing rabbit.

I once tried to run Avid Free DV inside VMware and I could start it, but no video was displayed in the monitors, therefore a native OS (Windows via Boot Camp) is the far better choice.

 

Same here, Boot camp is the way to go for gaming.

 

Bootcamp for gaming and heavy-duty stuff, parallels for everything else.

That's my soon-to-be setup, and a friend has tried it who says it works great.

 

On my 2009 MPB, I have been able to run medium-intensive games (ie. WoW, which I tried out just for fun, already having it installed in the ac environment, and Need for Speed World) on a Parallels program, with Windows 7. Both ran just fine, but because in this case, you want maximum performance, and probably don't want to sell out money for BOTH windows and Parallels, definitely go with Bootcamp, as everyone else has said. The only advantage of Parallels that I can see is what it's named for, it runs well with your Mac environment, allowing easy app switching and file sharing between both environments.