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Zuul
Apr 6, 2006, 10:04 AM
My husband was so amazed at how fast this client is, he did a quicktime movie and posted it up on YouTube. You can see it here from his website - http://www.prodedgy.com/article/51. In just about an hour, it's been viewed over 1,000 times!

Way to go Parallels!
perdurabo
Apr 6, 2006, 10:24 AM
My Parallels video experience isnt quite that fast.

What hardware is your husband running this on?

Is he using the Parallels video drivers?
daveschroeder
Apr 6, 2006, 12:38 PM
I can say that it's definitely about that fast for me, on a MacBook Pro (2.0 GHz Core Duo, 2 GB RAM).
Ben @ Parallels
Apr 6, 2006, 01:44 PM
Zuul -

AMAZING video!! Would it be ok to post that on our website? We'll of course give you full credit. Please let me know...email me at brudolph@parallels.com.

Cheers,
Ben
Zuul
Apr 6, 2006, 02:10 PM
Absolutely! Happy we can help. So far this is a great product. :)
Zuul
Apr 6, 2006, 02:12 PM
We are running it on an iMac Intel 20" with 256 MB VRAM, 1.5 GB RAM. I allocated 512 MB to XP. This video was shot before enabling Parallels Tools (video driver) so it's even a bit faster now that I have enabled them. The tools also took away the mousing lag for me as well.
WhoAmI
Apr 6, 2006, 04:11 PM
Hmm, two questions:

1.) Where do I find these Parallels Tools, and
2.) how come my About box shows "Virtualization Mode" off? (Intel iMac)
ms @ parallels
Apr 6, 2006, 04:13 PM
Top menu -> VM -> Install Parallels Tools
Guest os must be turned on at this point.
constant
Apr 6, 2006, 04:26 PM
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Whoareyou,

/usr/lib/parallels/tools/vmtools.iso. Pretty sure you have to burn to cd and have the cd in with your VM running. When VM is running, the Virtualization Mode details will be much different.
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ms @ parallels
Apr 6, 2006, 04:31 PM
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Whoareyou,

/usr/lib/parallels/tools/vmtools.iso. Pretty sure you have to burn to cd and have the cd in with your VM running. When VM is running, the Virtualization Mode details will be much different.
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On OS X vmtools.iso is placed in /Library/Parallels/Tools/ directory, not in /usr/lib/parallels/tools
veggiedude
Apr 16, 2006, 10:29 AM
Where can I get the "Parallels Tools"? I see no mentionof them any where on the Parallels site.

I am using the latest beta 3, are they now included in the basic install?

Am I missing something??
veggiedude
Apr 16, 2006, 12:19 PM
Oh, never mind, now I have figured it out.