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Why I'm glad I finally bought Parallels

BasilFawlty

BasilFawlty

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I have had Win 7 installed under Bootcamp on my 2011 27" iMac for some time now. I was always a little worried that the computer got very hot when in Windows because the fans don't operate properly when not running the Mac OS.

Well, recently MacUpdate had a software bundle they were offering for $49 that included a lot of great programs, like Screen Flow and Parallels (plus about 9 others) all for $49. I took the bait and installed Parallels using my Boot Camp install as the Win 7 source. I can still boot natively under boot camp, but now I can also just run Win 7 simultaneous with the Mac OS.

What I like about this is that, as long as the Mac OS is running - even if I'm on the Windows side, the fans operate properly and my iMac stays cool!

That alone is a big plus for Parallels over just using Boot Camp alone.
 
BasilFawlty said:
I have had Win 7 installed under Bootcamp on my 2011 27" iMac for some time now. I was always a little worried that the computer got very hot when in Windows because the fans don't operate properly when not running the Mac OS.

Well, recently MacUpdate had a software bundle they were offering for $49 that included a lot of great programs, like Screen Flow and Parallels (plus about 9 others) all for $49. I took the bait and installed Parallels using my Boot Camp install as the Win 7 source. I can still boot natively under boot camp, but now I can also just run Win 7 simultaneous with the Mac OS.

What I like about this is that, as long as the Mac OS is running - even if I'm on the Windows side, the fans operate properly and my iMac stays cool!

That alone is a big plus for Parallels over just using Boot Camp alone.
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Welcome to VIRTUAL MACHINE MASTER RACE! I use VMWare Fusion myself.
 
I probably wouldn't have installed Parallels if it wasn't possible to use the Boot Camp partition, but it's actually more convenient than I thought it would be.

RocketRed said:
Welcome to VIRTUAL MACHINE MASTER RACE! I use VMWare Fusion myself.
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Another HK'er? :)
 
There is a problem using a legal windows install in both Bootcamp and virtualization software though. Each time you switch from one to the other it asks to be reactivated. I once lost a legal MSDNAA copy of windows due to too many reactivations. Windows detect the hardware in which it is loaded and it sees different hardware when it loads natively or within a VM and thus ask to be activated.
 
Using VMWare and not seeing any problems with activation between bootcamp and VM, OEM version even.
 
I used VMWare with VMWare tools installed.

I don't remember every details as this was a few years ago (can't even remember if it was a winXP or win7 install) but I remember being almost locked away from the OS because of an activation problem. I ended up deleting the boot camp partition. I didn't use windows enough to justify a dedicated partition in the past few years.

I could still download a different windows CD from my MSDNAA account though so no harm done beside losing a single serial.
 
I've run Windows in Parallels/Bootcamp and I don't get any issue with activation. It is pretty smooth.
 
DaveSM said:
There is a problem using a legal windows install in both Bootcamp and virtualization software though. Each time you switch from one to the other it asks to be reactivated. I once lost a legal MSDNAA copy of windows due to too many reactivations. Windows detect the hardware in which it is loaded and it sees different hardware when it loads natively or within a VM and thus ask to be activated.
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Read this thread

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1158557/
 
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