Parallels Releases Final Version of Parallels Desktop for Mac

sorry for the noob question, but where can I get the Parallels tools?

parallels.com

UPDATE: found 'em. there was an ISO with all the Drivers in it

WOW, now the GUI is PERFECT.

The problem is that we don't have any kind of acceleration, so even Ultima Online 2D is slow but at least playable.

Tomorrow I'll try installing Hamachi, Worms World Party and Starcraft to see how they perform.

If they (the Parallels team) manage to have basic 2D acceleration, then BootCamp will be almost useless (at least for me ).

The day that I'll totally switch to Mac is near... very near...

No I mean to tell you that my OSX/XP Box that I tested it on is dual boot. When I boot XP inside Parallels it runs at about 90% the speed of when I do a straight native boot of XP off the same machine.

 

The only solid benchmark I have is video encoding. Using WinAVI native in XP it takes me about 20 minutes to re-encode a 60 minute piece of video to MPEG2. Using WinAVI in XP running in Parallels it took about 26 minutes to encode the same piece of video.

It's not hard to install a more thorough bench kit to get your overall system performance. I don't think you rip 24/7. If fact, that would be a good write up. I have never read a normal user write up about weighing the two applications. vmware/linux host/xp guest and parallels/os x host/xp guest and neither with VT enabled. On top of that, a guest OS performance comparison between AMD64/Intel/Mac VT enabled. Do so should lay all the speculations to rest.

I also have another problem. When I'm using Windows in Parallels, i try going online, and the internet connection is extrememly slow. It took me 20 minutes to pull up hotmail.com. Is anyone else having this problem?

Here's a screenshot of my internet preferences. I have 768kb/sec internet, so I'm not sure why it's going so slow.

I also have another problem. When I'm using Windows in Parallels, i try going online, and the internet connection is extrememly slow. It took me 20 minutes to pull up hotmail.com. Is anyone else having this problem?

This has to do with an MTU setting in your Windows environment. I can't remember the exact instructions off the top of my head, but search for Parallels and MTU in the forum and you should be able to find it.

EDIT: See here - This Thread

The main problem with paralles for me is the lack of access to a real partition screw filedisks they are slow, general speed is ok on my amd prolly faster than wmware but the intel genuine check in the installer means that i will spread the warezed copy the best i can just for the fun to screw them up

Have you upgrade XP and turned off the firewall? Are you dropping packets on the LAN or the WAN? Your MTU should be 1500. Actually 1490...

Usefull link: http://www.dslreports.com/tools

This has to do with an MTU setting in your Windows environment. I can't remember the exact instructions off the top of my head, but search for Parallels and MTU in the forum and you should be able to find it.

 

EDIT: See here - This Thread

Which leads to this: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?s=...ndpost&p=104485

Hey thanks. My internet works in Windows now!

I'm having another problem with Parallels...

Everytime I configure the Virtual CD-rom as my real cd-rom (Default CD-DVD-ROM), it gives me the error: "Unable to open device/file Default CD/DVD-ROM".

Is anyone getting this error?

Any workaround?

anybody here worried about buying parallels and then seeing an apple solution in leopard, i know i am. 50 bucks down the drain when osx can run windows apps or run windows off the hard disk...

parallels does a very good job tho.

I'm having another problem with Parallels...

Everytime I configure the Virtual CD-rom as my real cd-rom (Default CD-DVD-ROM), it gives me the error: "Unable to open device/file Default CD/DVD-ROM".

 

Is anyone getting this error?

Any workaround?

I am also having this problem. Whenever I want Parallels to read off a CD, I have to create an ISO of it and then tell Parallels to grab the image. How can I get Parallels to read off a physical CD?

So you mean to tell me that when you got on a vmware workstation and compared it to a parallels workstation, there are no notable differences especialy with window dragging and lagging? If so, then there is a difference between a P4 and and AMD.

Yep. My Athlon 64 3500+ Venice rocks with Parallels while I hear all over about P4s struggling to no end.

In OS X, Parallels actually runs faster than VMWare in Windows or Linux. *shrugs*

BTW, anyone tried this with a new AM2 chip yet? I'm curious if Parallels will use the Pacifica extensions in OS X OR Windows - as of right now, the hardware VT is the only reason I am thinking of upgrading to AM2.

I don't think my P4 Struggles running xp in parallels,my xp in os x on parallels feels like 80% - 85% native speed.Much faster then any other VM setup I have used.

Pentium D > 920 has the Intel Virtualization thing....

I saw that parallels supports it and I'd like to know if any Pentium D owner can use this feature or if it isn't recognized by parallels...

WOW. CPU-Z thinks that I have a P4 EE in Parallels. I wish that were true.

There is a hacked version of XP called 'tiny xp' which is perfect for VM's (gaming too).

This revised edition of TinyXP combines the small size of

older versions, but with almost all of the functionality

of later versions. This is primarily a fast gaming OS.

 

There are no Microsoft games in this edition.

 

There are no third party programs included in

this edition. You are however still able to open

zip files, they will have a normal yellow folder

but with a zip.

 

There are no languages left apart from US English.

 

The keyboard layout is United Kingdom, system locale and

timezone are also set for the UK. This can be changed in

Regional and Language Options in Control Panel - all

"keyboard layouts" are left in.

 

There are no networking command line tools - this increases

security dramatically and stops businesses from using

TinyXP for their networking. If you're running a business

then hey - BUY WINDOWS XP. I have no sympathy with you

people.

It is important to note that TinyXP started out as a

gaming OS that you can surf the net with, and use most

programs with it. It ended up revised to the point that

you might as well use normal XP. This however was always

because it fully supported networking when it didn't need

to for the purpose it was meant for - home use.

 

In this edition, netstat.exe and other command line

networking tools and a few more networking type features

are now removed, TinyXP is back again to a very small

footprint (365Mb), a very fast install (7 minutes) and

uses far less RAM than Rev03 did - about 20Mb less.

 

This edition has Internet Explorer included, (not just

the core but the whole explorer). It also includes the

DHCP service, Wireless LAN drivers and is still compatible

with "Microsoft Office" and supports printers, joysticks,

firewire etc.

Enjoy......

Revision 4 is out if you look around.

Wait for VMware to release something it'll be way more powerful. Parallels on Windows (uses same engine as Xp), can't even hold a candle to VMware.

Wait for VMware to release something it'll be way more powerful. Parallels on Windows (uses same engine as Xp), can't even hold a candle to VMware.

It's also $189. (I agree it is better, but it sure costs more)

Maybe we'll get lucky and competition will make the prices better.

Has anyone had any problems getting Parallels to recognize their Intel VT capabilities? I just installed it on my ThinkPad T60 and receive a message everytime I start a VM saying that VT is disabled due to firmware. I know it's enabled in my BIOS. The only thing I can imagine is it has to do with BIOS vs EFI.