Comments on: Parallels 3.0: Another Compelling Reason To Buy A Mac

By: Brian Kelly

Brian Kelly — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:41:12 +0000

Well I haven’t been able to get any Direct X 9.0a games… most specifically Lord of the Rings Online to run in Parallels….

I can’t really testify to other games but if you need Direct X 9.. fuhgeddabout it .. and this is on the latest greatest mac book pro which has plenty of Video hardware and should be able to run it no sweat.

Other than that support was great and offered me a refund… Vista runs very well and if you’re using it just to pop up an office window.. It works fine.. but gaming.. Nah not much luck there.

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By: snidleywhiplash

snidleywhiplash — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:49:35 +0000

I just got the 3.0 software and have tested several games. I regret to say you won’t be that impressed. Though its a nice novelty you won’t see speeds even 1/2 of what boot camp offers. At best it shows what could be done but in its current phase it would be best for really old games (Directx 8 or older) New stuff will stink. Also the screen doesn’t fill up even in full screen. Its still in a bordered window which really makes it worse. For any sort of playability in a game like quake 4 you would have to drop the resolution down to 800×600 on low resolution (thats on a mac book pro) From what I have seen I doubt you would see much improvement on anything else. Though I spent the 39 for the upgrade , I would get this only if you want the integration and snapshot ability (which is worth the upgrade).
T

By: windows gaming comes to the mac at uninteresting :: rich

windows gaming comes to the mac at uninteresting :: rich — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:01:51 +0000

[...] environment. Parallels is close to doing that, with this demo posted on youtube for their upcoming Parallels 3.0 [...]

By: iomatic

iomatic — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:41:53 +0000

Jeebus.

Are there more inexperienced and ignorant Mac-haters every day? Do they just pipe in with zero experience and paint themselves fools every time they post their ineptitude at logic?

Sigh.

Parallels is a necessity into Windows, from which we can close out of quickly and enjoy seamless, modern computing á la Mac OS.

Haters, get an education. Please.

By: Tate Nunley

Tate Nunley — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:41:58 +0000

Mike, I think that it would be incredibly powerful and smart if Apple, began offering an option to include Parallels and Vista as an installation option. There are indeed a number of Windows-specific applications that would immediatey be available to the growing number of Apple laptop (and desktop users). This would also open up the development platform so that non-programmer users could continue to build small, focused applications on VB.Net or C#.Net and use them on an attractive Apple machine.

By: Fabian

Fabian — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:15:01 +0000

I am a Mac user. I used to run Linux RH before, but chose to move to Macs to be closer to the rest of the suits ;).

I am currently running a pilot to replace Windows with Ubuntu. So far is going OK, but it does require a little training.

1) Why would you want to ruin a pretty machine like a Mac with an ugly OS like Windows?

2) What benefits does Windows really have?

Just as much as I do not get “Human Powered Search” I do not get using Windows, which is broken.

By: Didier Prophete

Didier Prophete — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:21:31 +0000

@PaulWill:

Ahah… well, believe it or not but the Mac experience is more than just pretty icons and the dock (Vista desktop icons are actually pretty slick). The whole Mac user experience is different. It’s very hard to describe to somebody who hasn’t gone through this. It basically just works.

Also, if you are a developer, the mac is your dream platform since it gives you:
- all your unix tools (a problem windows never quite solved… I know there are some unix-like tools on windows, but if you have tried them, you know they just aren’t on par with the real thing)
- a polished and usable desktop environment (a problem the linux guys never really solved)
- MS office (the business world pretty much runs on MS office so you can’t ignore this)
- if you don’t like the mac office version, you can always use Parallels to run the windows version (or test your web app on ie6/ie7 if needed)
- and now you can even run your favorite 3D games

I would say all of these easily justify paying a few extra $$ (in my book)

By: PaulWill

PaulWill — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:59:43 +0000

Or if you have XP and want to feel a little mac experience, try runningthis:

FlyaKite OSX

A windows version of a mac interface. Is this the best of both worlds?

By: Jorge

Jorge — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:34:41 +0000

This is a compelling reason for me to not get a Mac. After all, if the big selling point is that I can run Windows programs, why not just save a few hundred dollars and buy a PC?

By: brian

brian — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:19:07 +0000

This is sweet! Too bad I signed off on games when I got married. Hope they can develop similar tool for Linux. I think that will be better deal then trying to utilize Mac.

By: Slappy

Slappy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:51:08 +0000

Ah but Parallels is so silly! Why am I buying the “luxury” interface of a Mac just to have the functionality of a Windows box? Just stick with the Windows box like the rest of us power users. Leave the trendy transparencies to the Macintossers.

From painful personal experience, Parallels runs Windows games (the biggest Parallels draw, if you ask me) terribly, even on an Intel Mac. It’s not worth it. I would rather spend the money and fire up a Windows box at 1600×1200 with my Nvidia 8800GTX than any Intel Mac in the world. Oh yes, and then it goes and does all the boring office stuff my Mac does too.

What’s the big Mac deal?

By: Manas

Manas — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:35:04 +0000

Mac meets Win at Parallels 3.0…

I have used VMWare a bunch of times with Linux and found it to be too much of a burden to give up dual booting. I just found out about Parallels Desktop 3.0 and its what I wish I had years ago. Better late than never!
Highlights:

Cross OS File &…

By: Dekut.com

Dekut.com — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:26:21 +0000

Parallels 3.0: Another Compelling Reason To Buy A Mac…

The hardest thing for a Windows user wanting to make the switch to Apple is having software and games that won’t run on a Mac. Likewise OSX is deficient as a gaming platform….

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:59:29 +0000

This is fantastic! I look forward to seeing how it runs more industrial software such as the CAD and 3DS types (ei: rendering capabilities). I find it interesting that both microsoft and apple are still primarily software companies, which are only able to work with one another through - a third party provider (????). I look forward to seeing what these two companies can come up with on their own for the benefit of all consumers. There are some MAC programs I would love to run on Windows btw - so it does go both ways.

Jon

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:51:25 +0000

so you have nothing to gain from switching to Mac, and you need to run windows applications. why would you switch to Mac?

regardless of what you think is better, it would be more efficient to use the platform that the software you use is written for.

By: extensions forklift

extensions forklift — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:51:26 +0000

heh - this looks good for the company /

- but the future will bring total integration soon (with no Top layer aps)

By: Jose Hernandez

Jose Hernandez — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:00:00 +0000

Bridging the divide/gap is so passé…

By: OffBeatMammal

OffBeatMammal — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:53:48 +0000

I agree with Peter (#24) - Fusion offers better performance and for me the huge plus with Fusion is that I can use the BootCamp Vista install rather than needing a seperate install (Parallels supports this only for WinXP for some reason and there’s no comment if 3.0 will be any different)

If Fusion supported a Coherence mode and fixed up some of their (beta) rough edges it would be the clear winner - hopefully the competition will puh both to produce great product

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:28:30 +0000

“CrunchGear is running the rumor that Apple will start selling Macs with Vista included.”

This would make it more expensive. A computer with two OS.

By: Alaska Miller

Alaska Miller — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:16:32 +0000

All cheaters, thieves, sycophants, and idiots.

By: Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:32:44 +0000

VMWare Fusion is better than the current version of Parallels (excepting Coherence) mainly because it can use multiple cores, whereas Parallels cannot. It’s also faster. But.. hopefully Parallels can reel it back in with a new version, although it’ll be interesting to see if their support improves at all (probably the #1 complaint I see on the Parallels forums) I’m not seeing multiple core support in the list though..

Another thing that would be nice to get is 3D support for Linux, rather than just Windows. It’ll be important with the new composite desktop features appearing in Linux nowadays..

By: Tidds

Tidds — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:12:43 +0000

@ 20.

That Corvette/Taurus metaphor is almost as ignorant/arrogant as your statement that people who use macs are “different”. Grow up.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:31:17 +0000

Apples’ cost about double what Wintel machines do. If you own a MAC, you don’t know how to save money or you are already rich!

By: Sprezzatura

Sprezzatura — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:17:15 +0000

Just enjoy your Mac for what it was intended and buy an Xbox 360/Playstation for gaming.

Useless advice for MMO players.