PARALLELS WINDOWS 7 SOFTWARE LICENSE

On the Software License Agreement screen, read through the agreement, print and/or save a copy if you wish, then click Continue.

On the Important Information screen, read through the information, click Continue.

PARALLELS WINDOWS 7 FOR MAC

On the Welcome to the Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac Installer screen, click Continue.

PARALLELS WINDOWS 7 INSTALL

A window entitled Install Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac appears.

Are you sure you want to continue? If you're not sure about the source of this package, click Cancel to prevent it from running the program and installing the software. If the following warning appears, This package contains a program that determines if the software can be installed.

Download the software to your computer over the network.

Purchase and install on your Intel-based Macintosh computer a copy of Parallels Desktop for Mac from from an alternative comapny.

PARALLELS WINDOWS 7 MAC OS

MacOS X + Parallels + Microsoft WindowsР”Р‡ollow these instructions to install Parallels and Microsoft Windows on your Intel-based Macintosh computer running Mac OS X.

I have not tried to run any benchmarking apps to produce metrics but would be happy to give it a try if interested. You'll like have a better graphics intensive experience in Parallels than I. If you are running a later model iMac you'll be on the AMD graphics chip with either 512 or 1024 MB of VRAM. My graphics card is different than yours (Intel HD 3000 with 384 MB of VRAM). With respect to other non-graphic intensive applications, performance subjectively 'appears' to be about the same. The above is a 'gaming specific' observation. I believe this is because Windows talks directly to the video processor (via Apple supplied drivers and DirectX) whereas Parallels has to do a bit of interpretive work to adapt DirectX to accomplish the same objectives. The Bootcamp install runs substantially better (higher frame rate with less artifacts or control issues) than the virtual machine installation. I recently installed Star Wars - The Old Republic (SWTOR) seperately on both the virtual machine and on the Bootcamp partition. I also have Windows 7 installed on a 100GB Bootcamp partition. I have Windows 7 set up in a Parallels virtual machine running on a Mid 2011 MacBook Air.

Windows cannot be installed from an external optical drive. You must also have an internal optical drive for installing Windows. Except for Crossover and a couple of similar alternatives like DarWine you must have a valid installer disc for Windows. Boot Camp is only available with Leopard or Snow Leopard. See 's Virtualization Benchmarking for comparisons of Boot Camp, Parallels, and VM Fusion. The latter tend to be a little slower (not much) and do not provide the video performance of the dual-boot system. There are performance differences between dual-boot systems and virtualization. Note that Parallels and VM Fusion can also run other operating systems such as Linux, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, etc.

It is not as fully developed for the Mac as Parallels and VM Fusion. VirtualBox is a new Open Source freeware virtual machine such as VM Fusion and Parallels that was developed by Solaris. The Windows applications can run concurrently with OS X.Р”Тђ. CrossOver which enables running many Windows applications without having to install Windows. VM Fusion is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.Р”В¤. VM Fusionand Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. Parallels is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.Р”Р€. Parallels Desktop for Mac and Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7.

Boot Camp enables you to boot the computer into OS X or Windows.Р”Сћ. Follow instructions in the Boot Camp documentation on installation of Boot Camp, creating Driver CD, and installing Windows. Purchase Windows XP w/Service Pak2, Vista, or Windows 7. There are presently several alternatives for running Windows on Intel Macs.Р”РЋ. You can find out about Parallels at their website. Open Boot Camp Assistant in your Utilities folder and click on the large Print Documentation button.

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