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Anyone use VMware or Parallels along side with there mbp and windows 7 and have no virus problems? curious.

im running parallels and windows 7.

no problems.

and if you're asking if you can catch a virus/spyware using parallels? yes..but it will be contained within the windows install.

yes thats what im asking. so it won't interfere with your mac system or your operating system leopard if windows have a virus? its easy to restore windows?
vmware vs' parallels?

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yes thats what im asking. so it won't interfere with your mac system or your operating system leopard if windows have a virus? its easy to restore windows?

vmware vs' parallels? which is better?

you bought it pre-installed? if not was it hard to config/install?


[QUOTE=Young;16627735]im running parallels and wind

I ran parallels for a while then switched to vmware.

Would never go back to parallels. Vmware owns it.

Runs way smoother, better and faster. Plus it supports multiple monitors. :2 cents:

I run it on virtualbox which is free. Either one works fine. If it screws up just delete the virtual part and start again.

you installed vmware and windows 7 yourself, or was it pre-installed? should i have it pre-installed?
any cons or viruses?

I am also new to mac and installed Parallels. It seems a little clunky and made me re-register both my windows operation system AND all of my adobe products.

It was much better just using bootcamp to open XP. I used MacDrive to access the mac files, and some other tool to do it the other way.

hk-so u went with vmware?

Not yet but I'm going to try it out.

No I installed Vmware myself, and I'm sticking with XP so can't comment on 7 I'm afraid.
Installing it is real easy, they walk you thru it like all other software.

Parallels is incredibly clunky compared to VMware, the difference when I switched was massive - please do yourself a favour and avoid Parallels.. Vmware should be fine with 7 as far as I know.

As mentioned in the thread Bootcamp does the job alright too, but rebooting to switch OS's always seemed like a huge pain in the ass to me.

With VMware I can run both (or more should I want to) OS's at the same time, and with full dual monitor support. One monitor for MAC, the other for windows. Seamless switching, you can even copy files from OS to OS :thumbsup

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Did you have to re-register your software on the PC side with VMware?

Been using Parallels for some time now with no problem. I do however have a virus guard on the win x install.

natas-so if you catch a virus on windows it want crash the whole hard drive? reason being you know both operating systems are on the same HD? so I want get it pre-install save money..

I will go with vmware and windows 7/or xp, most likely 7.

How do you run your dual setup with xp and osx showing on two different screens?

Just get virtualbox which is free and set it up. No cost and equally as good as the others.

cool pam

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VB - You can run multiple screens without extra monitors?

or what??

though your extra screen would be small.

bump bump bump...

I never used Macbook pro, iguess. Good luck with your issues.

sorry just saw this.. if you get a virus on windows - no it won't crash the whole HD.

Vmware has its own partition of the HD for windows.

I just have vmware running XP on one monitor, and Mac OS on the other. Very simple.

thanks everyone. cool natas.. i was worried if vmware and windows 7 would crash my mac OS.

vmware n win 7 easy install? also portioned hd on a mac easy?

I have Win 7 on my Macboook, it was very easy to install and it runs fine. You don't really have to partition anything, Fusion does all of that.

i don't run W7... but XP runs fine in parallels for me

so whats the difference between VMWARE and VirtualBox? ...

I currently have Virtualbox and my shit is running smooth. Got Ubuntu 10.04 host + xp guest and a win 7 guest just to fuck around...