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Virtual box, Vmware, Parallels?
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I've used all 3. I run VS 2019 with large project files with Oracle databases. Games (even old games) are unplayable (AOE II on steam). Virtualbox was the slowest, VMWare was faster, but Parallels was the fastest for me - near native speeds. Love the auto pause when I moved off of it back to Mac OS. Unfortunately, it is also the most expensive. (Personal experience - not scientifically tested at all).
Try VirtualBox first since it's free. If it doesn't work for you, remove it and go for VMWare or Parallels. You may be able to find Parallels bundled with other software. Parallels can be expensive but their stand alone (not subscription) app is not too bad.
Parallels is the best I have used, great integration and speed.
It's on sale right now with a bundle of other apps for $60 which isn't a bad deal
https://specials.9to5toys.com/sales...-352643&utm_content=a0x1P000004MyPY&scsonar=1
and no I don't get anything for that.
It's on sale right now with a bundle of other apps for $60 which isn't a bad deal
https://specials.9to5toys.com/sales...-352643&utm_content=a0x1P000004MyPY&scsonar=1
and no I don't get anything for that.
any virtualization environment dosnt work well for video intensive applications.
vmWare will support windows, linux and macos
boot camp?
vmWare will support windows, linux and macos
boot camp?
Anyway to use Bootcamp with an external SSD as my Mac has an anemic 128 GBs of storage.
No, not without using some type of work around. Both Microsoft and Apple do not support booting Windows from an external source.
Yes there is! Google "bootcamp external ssd" and you'll find various guides. I used one that needed Virtualbox for part of the process.
It works fine for my needs - occasional Windows gaming and light office work.
Also have 2018 Macbook Air and want to understand the difference between Parallels, VMware Fusion, and Boot Camp. I remember from using Boot Camp during the PowerPC-Intel transition its just dual booting Windows, but I need to switch between the two seamlessly.
What speed penalties do Parallels and VMware Fusion suffer from being run alongside Mac OS? It should be nothing like Microsoft Virtual PC, right?
What speed penalties do Parallels and VMware Fusion suffer from being run alongside Mac OS? It should be nothing like Microsoft Virtual PC, right?
What speed penalties do Parallels and VMware Fusion suffer from being run alongside Mac OS?
actually very little for most applications. Virtualization suffers where applications are graphic intensive.
i think there are restrictions on how macIOS apps run in virtualization such as full-screen, partial windowed, etc?
It should be nothing like Microsoft Virtual PC
not totally familiar but if this is the microsoft virtulization effort i ma thinking about it would be nice to try out new apps before buying them
actually very little for most applications. Virtualization suffers where applications are graphic intensive.
i think there are restrictions on how macIOS apps run in virtualization such as full-screen, partial windowed, etc?
It should be nothing like Microsoft Virtual PC
not totally familiar but if this is the microsoft virtulization effort i ma thinking about it would be nice to try out new apps before buying them
Performance is nothing like the Virtual PC days. When Macs transitioned to Intel, virtualization became a lot less painful. Performance will of course depend on what you're using it for, but it's fairly snappy for most apps that are not graphics intensive.
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He's referring to the (now very old) Virtual PC software made by Connectix that ran on PowerPC Macs. It was kind of painful emulating an Intel CPU on a PowerPC chip, but we didn't have a lot of options and just dealt with the slowness.
Microsoft bought the product in 2003 (I think) and released one more version before killing the product and making it Windows only. This was more or less the genesis of Microsoft's virtualization technology.
This is now long enough ago to feel like a past life, ack.
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Soba -> This is now long enough ago to feel like a past life, ack.
Welcome to the GreyBeard Club Soba !
Welcome to the GreyBeard Club Soba !
When did you test the games? AOEII should have worked. I did test running games on Parallels long ago and I remember I could run 90s games.
It worked, it just wasn't comfortable for me - meaning, it was enough lag to make the gameplay not pleasant. I think too it may have been the fact that I played Steam's new rendition of AOE - not the actual old AOE II from the past. I bet that would have run a lot better.
/wave to another AOE player
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