I have a fully-loaded 2017 MacBook Pro. I own some Windows-only video capture and editing software (that uses external USB capture box hardware) that I want to run on it. I have Parallels Desktop (a Windows 10 virtual machine) installed on OS X; however, I'm concerned that it will not be suitable to run this software efficiently. I can always do BootCamp if necessary.
System requirements of software #1:
64-bit OS recommended
4 GB RAM
Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz or higher (multi-core system recommended)
DirectX compatible graphics card with at least 256 MB
HDD capable of sustained reading and writing at 4 MB/sec
System requirements of software #2:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon x2 64 2.0 GHz
2 GB RAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card or higher, sound card
Parallels VM specs:
2 Processors
8 GB RAM
512 MB (graphics)
DirectX 10 3D acceleration
This would seem to indicate that the VM is capable of running the software, but since these types of programs are so demanding of the hardware, I figured I'd seek a second opinion first. Will Parallels be powerful enough to run my software, or should I turn to BootCamp?
Thanks!
System requirements of software #1:
64-bit OS recommended
4 GB RAM
Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz or higher (multi-core system recommended)
DirectX compatible graphics card with at least 256 MB
HDD capable of sustained reading and writing at 4 MB/sec
System requirements of software #2:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon x2 64 2.0 GHz
2 GB RAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card or higher, sound card
Parallels VM specs:
2 Processors
8 GB RAM
512 MB (graphics)
DirectX 10 3D acceleration
This would seem to indicate that the VM is capable of running the software, but since these types of programs are so demanding of the hardware, I figured I'd seek a second opinion first. Will Parallels be powerful enough to run my software, or should I turn to BootCamp?
Thanks!
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