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Windows Virtualization on Intel Macs

whatever said:
Oh my God, Dell just got into the game and released a new computer which can run Windows and play games too!

Check it out:

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/gaming_xpsdt?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

Only joking! But come on now. I just read 8 pages of posts. For starters, the only reason Apple released Boot Camp (a great name by the way) was because people wanted it! They didn't have to, but they did. My hats off to them for listening to their customers.

But people, please remember, emulation is not the answer! Native applications is the only true solution!

All adopting and accepting emulation programs with near native Window speeds will do is encourage developers to stop porting and writing code for the Mac and dedicate even more resources to Windows.

FYI, I've been using emulation since the SoftPC days and finally last month I was finally able to stop (when my company finally upgraded our Exchange Server). Sure I still launch VPC, to check some code, but it's no longer running all day. And it's so nice!
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Just to be nit-picky: This is not emulation.
 
mozmac said:
As soon as Apple as a second button to the MacBook Pro, I am picking one up.
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You will probably be waiting a long, long time.

My PC laptop has a second button. I hate it. It's awkward to use, so I usually don't.

In fact my PC laptop has four buttons and one of those little eraser-head pointer controls. Talk about a shotgun approach.

Guess what I use? The trackpad and the main button. That's all. And it's not because I'm used to a Mac laptop, because I don't have one.

I may be in the minority, but I'm glad Apple is sticking to simplicity on this.
 
Cannot Mount DMG file

Is anyone else having problems mounting dmg file. I tried to use disk utility to repair it also but no chance. Is there a mirror somewhere with a previous dmg file. I am trying: Parallels-2-1.1.1658.24-Mac.dmg
 
mozmac said:
This answers my "No Outlook on the Mac" problem. As soon as Apple as a second button to the MacBook Pro, I am picking one up.

THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR THE COMPUTER WORLD.
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Outlook on the Mac is called Entourage now. It's supposed to link into all the same stuff as Outlook on the Windows side.
 
mozmac said:
This answers my "No Outlook on the Mac" problem. As soon as Apple as a second button to the MacBook Pro, I am picking one up.

THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR THE COMPUTER WORLD.
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A second button? I'm assuming you mean mouse button. Although when sitting at a desk, I prefer to use a multi-button scroll mouse...when I'm using the trackpad, I actually prefer just having the single mouse button. I've had both PC and Mac laptops...and I have decided that more than one mouse button on a trackpad makes using it really uncomfortable for me. But that's just me.
 
Flash Movie wont' load

LosJackal said:
http://www.prodedgy.com/article/51



It's resized down 50% in ScreenSnapz Pro, but it was running in 1024x768. I tried to keep the cursor moving to prove I wasn't doing any "creative editing" to make it look any better than it already does on its own! Gives you a nice sense of time too.

-Carlos
www.prodedgy.com
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I can't seem to get the Flash movie to load. I am using the latest of OS X, Safari, and Flash Player. I have tried flushing the cache. I just get a white box. If I right click - it says "Flash Movie not Loaded". Any suggestions?
 
dakis said:
The problem is probably that Apple disabled Intel's VT technology for the Mac Mini series.
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No, your Core Solo does not support VT. Only the Core Duo does. I'd link to the Intel specifications page but I don't have it to hand at the moment, sorry... But none of the current Core Solo's support VT, and all the Duo's do.
 
GekkePrutser said:
No, your Core Solo does not support VT. Only the Core Duo does. I'd link to the Intel specifications page but I don't have it to hand at the moment, sorry... But none of the current Core Solo's support VT, and all the Duo's do.
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As many have said before however, Parallels will still work without VT support.
 
gauchogolfer said:
The speed of XP on the prodedgy video is awesome! I can't surf that fast in Safari on my Powerbook....
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That's because Safari is one of the slowest browsers on the face of the planet.
 
Who the hell cares about all this stuff?!?!? I just want Apple to announce something for heaven's sake!!!!! Show me a new iPod, a new iBook....something!!! I'm pissed off at Apple - they havent done anything to show theyre loyal following that theyve turned 30.
 
Intel Mac Mini Core Duo

Now I am hearing the Intel Mac Mini Core Due has been disabled for VT. Is this correct? What's up with that? I mean, is this some minor fault on Apple? or was it intentionally on Apple's part?

Did anyone using Intel Mac Mini Duo installed Parallel's software? If so, how is the performance? Please write what your Intel Mac Mini Core Duo spec is (i.e. how much RAM and etc.).

Thanks!
 
LagunaSol said:
You will probably be waiting a long, long time.

My PC laptop has a second button. I hate it. It's awkward to use, so I usually don't.

In fact my PC laptop has four buttons and one of those little eraser-head pointer controls. Talk about a shotgun approach.

Guess what I use? The trackpad and the main button. That's all. And it's not because I'm used to a Mac laptop, because I don't have one.

I may be in the minority, but I'm glad Apple is sticking to simplicity on this.
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I thought it was weird for Apple to introduce the new MacBook Pro's with only one mouse button, given the fact that all new Macs ship with a 3 button mice.

Personally, I think the 1 button trackpad is lame. I don't understand how you can hate a second button? it's just another button, if you don't like it, don't press it?

I dunno, to me it's much easier to to move my other finger than it is to move my other hand and hold down Cntrl on the keyboard.
 
mark88 said:
I thought it was weird for Apple to introduce the new MacBook Pro's with only one mouse button, given the fact that all new Macs ship with a 3 button mice.

Personally, I think the 1 button trackpad is lame. I don't understand how you can hate a second button? it's just another button, if you don't like it, don't press it?

I dunno, to me it's much easier to to move my other finger than it is to move my other hand and hold down Cntrl on the keyboard.
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Have you ever used a mac laptop? Most people who want a 2nd mouse button havn't. I have used a powerbook for the past 3 years. The day they add a 2nd mouse button is the day I stop using a powerbook.

First there is a lot less using the mouse in OSX because it's so easy to get around using the keyboard.

Second, you can also right mouse click by putting 2 fingers on the trackpad and clicking.
 
It seems to me that the next step in this progression is that Apple will enable OSX to run Windows porgrams natively without a Windows install. That would be a great selling point for users. Imagine having the conveince of of both OSs but not have to pay for the Windows. THink this will be the killer feature in Leopard?
 
Not exactly...

mark88 said:
That's because Safari is one of the slowest browsers on the face of the planet.
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Safari on PPC may be slower than Firefox on Windows, but judging by the demonstration at Macworld, it looks like the Intel version of Safari is actually the fastest on the planet. As close to instantaneous as you can get.
 
slffl said:
Have you ever used a mac laptop? Most people who want a 2nd mouse button havn't. I have used a powerbook for the past 3 years. The day they add a 2nd mouse button is the day I stop using a powerbook.

First there is a lot less using the mouse in OSX because it's so easy to get around using the keyboard.

Second, you can also right mouse click by putting 2 fingers on the trackpad and clicking.
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One button is all very well and good, but unfortunately some of us need to run X11 apps for work, so three buttons is needed.

That said, I very quickly got used to command clicking and option clicking on my PB, and it no longer bothers me.
 
mackeeper said:
they havent done anything to show theyre loyal following that theyve turned 30.
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Dude, I'd hate to go to YOUR birthday party!
 
2 Installations of Windows?

Bugger. This brings up a bit of a conundrum. Do I (hyperthetically speaking, since I don't have an Intel Mac yet) install Boot Camp so that I can play a few of my games and get rid of my old PC, or use Parallel so that I can run Windows at the same time as OS X, or do I do both and sacrifice tons of disk space? The VT route is preferable since I don't much want to have to save all my documents and reboot each time I wish to use an application on the other OS. But I'd still like to be able to play Dawn of War or a few other games at a decent speed (my old PC isn't very quick)...

Oh, the dillema...
 
mark88 said:
Personally, I think the 1 button trackpad is lame. I don't understand how you can hate a second button? it's just another button, if you don't like it, don't press it?
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Please, let's not start this debate again! The one-button versus two-button has been argued to death. It has as many zealots on either side as the Mac OS X vs. Windows debate I think.

mark88 said:
I dunno, to me it's much easier to to move my other finger than it is to move my other hand and hold down Cntrl on the keyboard.
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Where is your other hand when not on the keyboard? ;)
 
Separate IP address to view host's Apache from Windows?

As a professional web designer and developer, I am really excited about this. To be able to test sites from one machine in real time, without a re-boot is really a necessity.

One fatal flaw with Virtual PC was that you couldn't view the host's Apache sites because it used the same IP address as the host. Can anyone tell me whether Parallels Workstation uses the host's IP address, or does it have it's own? If anyone has installed this and is hosting test sites on their host OS X Apache, can you tell me whether you can view those sites (as served from Apache) from Win XP? (Hint: to find your IP in Windows, go to the command-prompt and type ipconfig)

That would be fan-tastic.

For those who don't understand the merits of running Windows or any other OS on a Mac, I offer this advice: try to think of your Mac as a tool. Not everyone has the same use case. The more versatile it can be, the more valuable (at least to me).
 
slffl said:
Have you ever used a mac laptop? Most people who want a 2nd mouse button havn't. I have used a powerbook for the past 3 years. The day they add a 2nd mouse button is the day I stop using a powerbook.

First there is a lot less using the mouse in OSX because it's so easy to get around using the keyboard.

Second, you can also right mouse click by putting 2 fingers on the trackpad and clicking.
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I have a powerbook thank you very much.

You use a 1 button mouse on your desktop too I assume? I mean, why bother complicating things..

Seems rather extreme to say you wouldn't buy one if they divided the single button into two. What difference would it make exactly? AFAICS you'd just have to press a little to the left and you'd have still have the exact same laptop, ignore the right button completely.
 
dylansm said:
As a professional web designer and developer, I am really excited about this. To be able to test sites from one machine in real time, without a re-boot is really a necessity.

One fatal flaw with Virtual PC was that you couldn't view the host's Apache sites because it used the same IP address as the host. Can anyone tell me whether Parallels Workstation uses the host's IP address, or does it have it's own? If anyone has installed this and is hosting test sites on their host OS X Apache, can you tell me whether you can view those sites (as served from Apache) from Win XP? (Hint: to find your IP in Windows, go to the command-prompt and type ipconfig)

That would be fan-tastic.

For those who don't understand the merits of running Windows or any other OS on a Mac, I offer this advice: try to think of your Mac as a tool. Not everyone has the same use case. The more versatile it can be, the more valuable (at least to me).
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Before 10.4 (or was it 10.3) broke vp 6 for me I was running windows on my powerbook, now I only run vp 2004 on my windows machines.

Each virtural machine showed up with a seperate IP on my router, so I'm not sure what you are getting at.

Anyway it is best to access the sites by the server name vs. the ip.
You should not configure vp to use virtual nat however.
 
I didn't write it yesterday, since so many others were, but WOW! I am going to start boxing up my *ell I-6000 laptop for a friend that has expressed interest. I actually passed up getting an Apple lap' because I needed the Windows on a portable for moonlighting. Apple gave ME a gift for their birfday, even if it is gonna cost me.

I agree, these 2 days have been a bit spooky as 30th anniversary celebrations go, but nobody can say that Apple didn't do anything innovative in April 2006.


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