Use Windows on a Mac with Parallels: If you want to use both Windows and Mac programs, try Parallels.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

If you want to use both Windows and Mac programs, try Parallels.

http://www.macworld.com.au/reviews/parallels-desktop-10-for-mac-131477/#.VDFH0fldV8E

fly boy

jerryc41 wrote:

If you want to use both Windows and Mac programs, try Parallels.

http://www.macworld.com.au/reviews/parallels-desktop-10-for-mac-131477/#.VDFH0fldV8E

I understand that Booth Camp is free and Parallels is around $89 (+/-). I heard the problem may be to load Parallels along with Fire Fox and M.S. Silver Light. To many programs working at the same time and it slows down the Apple. Your thoughts anyone.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

fly boy wrote:

I understand that Booth Camp is free and Parallels is around $89 (+/-). I heard the problem may be to load Parallels along with Fire Fox and M.S. Silver Light. To many programs working at the same time and it slows down the Apple. Your thoughts anyone.

Having experience with a number of virtual machines, yes, it does tend to bog a bit. Don't forget the host machine is using memory to run itself, the virtual is run sort of like a program. That additional OS (program) requires a certain amount of memory, as well.
--Bob

fly boy

rmalarz wrote:

Having experience with a number of virtual machines, yes, it does tend to bog a bit. Don't forget the host machine is using memory to run itself, the virtual is run sort of like a program. That additional OS (program) requires a certain amount of memory, as well.
--Bob

Thanks Bob. I do not use my Apple 27" iMac for stock trading. It is terribly slow and cannot keep up with the fast trading on Wall Street. I use my old HP, but in the process of building a high speed computer with DDR4 memory.
One not, my stock trading program from the company I trade with is NOT downloadable on an Apple system and program makes the Apple as a slave for connection. If for some reason someone would use parallels with the Apple and then download the stock trading program, it would probably bog down in speed because of to many programs operating at the same time. I'll build my system strictly for stock trading and the Apple for everything else on the internet.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

fly boy wrote:

Thanks Bob. I do not use my Apple 27" iMac fo... (show quote)

That's why I have 5 desktops and one laptop running here. Each has its set or chores to perform and each does that very well, including chatting with each other.
--Bob

fly boy

rmalarz wrote:

That's why I have 5 desktops and one laptop running here. Each has its set or chores to perform and each does that very well, including chatting with each other.
--Bob

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rmalarz wrote:

...the host machine is using memory to run itself...That additional OS (program) requires a certain amount of memory, as well.
--Bob

Thanks. I'll remember that. :D

Alfresco

I tried boot camp and parallels 8 and although it wasn't free, parallels 8 was worth paying for. Programs run faster on my iMac than on my pic and it's a seamless transition from one to the other. Bootcamp is free, but you are booting either in a px world or a Mac world and in this case free means you get what you pay for. I found parallels to be worth the money, just saying.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Alfresco wrote:

I tried boot camp and parallels 8 and although it wasn't free, parallels 8 was worth paying for. Programs run faster on my iMac than on my pic and it's a seamless transition from one to the other. Bootcamp is free, but you are booting either in a px world or a Mac world and in this case free means you get what you pay for. I found parallels to be worth the money, just saying.

One thing I don't like about Parallels is that you can use it on just one machine.

fly boy

jerryc41 wrote:

One thing I don't like about Parallels is that you can use it on just one machine.

Using Booth Camp, one needs to log off then bring up Parallels. Using Parallels, you can switch back and forth without re-booting as I have been told by an Apple rep.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

fly boy wrote:

Using Booth Camp, one needs to log off then bring up Parallels. Using Parallels, you can switch back and forth without re-booting as I have been told by an Apple rep.

I've used Parallels very little. I should do more with it, but since I have a Windows machine handy, I use that for Windows programs.

fly boy

jerryc41 wrote:

I've used Parallels very little. I should do more with it, but since I have a Windows machine handy, I use that for Windows programs.

That may be the best thing to do. I feel if you load up to many programs running at the same time on the Apple, it will slow down as did mine when I did stock trading on my Apple. Therefore, I will use the home built computer strictly for stock trading and not the Apple.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

fly boy wrote:

That may be the best thing to do. I feel if you load up to many programs running at the same time on the Apple, it will slow down as did mine when I did stock trading on my Apple. Therefore, I will use the home built computer strictly for stock trading and not the Apple.

If I ever switch totally to Apple, I'd like access to Quicken and WordPerfect. Too many years worth of data to give up.

haroldross Loc: Walthill, Nebraska

Parallels is my preferred VM software. It works very well and can bog down your system especially if you don't have a lot of RAM.

Parallels is not cheap. When there are major OSX updates, there are Parallels updates needed which usually run about $49.00 USD.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

haroldross wrote:

Parallels is my preferred VM software. It works very well and can bog down your system especially if you don't have a lot of RAM.

Parallels is not cheap. When there are major OSX updates, there are Parallels updates needed which usually run about $49.00 USD.

Cost is always a big drawback.