I just got a new MacBook Pro with the parallel platform. Which Windows version is best to use? Someone told me XP, but I thought I would check here.
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Which Windows Version?
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I would say XP as well. More people are reporting instability with Vista on here than XP. Drivers are more mature.
XP because its more stable and more supported at the moment, Maybe in a few months vista will be more compatible and stable but if you want Eye-candy and so on go with Vista.
If you're using parallels how many virtual cores does the virtual cpu have? I ask b/c XP home has limited support for multi-cpu machines (and by limited I mean it'll only use one chip (so multi-core is okay).
If the virtual machine that XP sees in parallels has two virtual cpus then xp pro will give you better performance. If the virtual machine only has one cpu, then nevermind.
If the virtual machine that XP sees in parallels has two virtual cpus then xp pro will give you better performance. If the virtual machine only has one cpu, then nevermind.
"Which Windows version is best to use?"
I am not sure I understand the question!
seriously, yes, XP Pro SP2 is by far the best, most well featured, stable version I have every used. Unless you can find Windows 98 se2, that was decent too.
LOL! No arguments there!
I'd say it completely depends on what you want to run
Theres no point in having XP or even Vista just because its newer/flashier/more stable
rolleyes: ) if all your App's are written for Win98.You haven't told us what programs you've got, or are going to get, and what platform they're written for, so we're not really in a position to advise
