New Macbook Pro Quad Sandy Bridge Processor and Parallels 6

Hi all

I've just upgraded to the new Macbook pro 17" with Sandy Bridge 2.3 Quad processor with 8gb ram from my core 2 duo 15".

I am just enquiring what anyone recommends as the optimum settings with Windows 7 running within parallels desktop Build 6.0.11994

Currently the mac is using 10.6.6 booting into 64-bit. Settings of the VM are below..

CPU's 1 Virtual memory 2048 (Is the optimum?) ?
Does Parallels perform better under 32-bit?

Thanks all

 

I have the new 17" also and have Windows 7 64-bit installed in a Boot Camp partition. When using it with Parallels, so far it seems that 2 GB RAM, 2 processors, and disabling the hyper-whatever setting gives the best results. The biggest issue so far is that Parallels Tools hasn't been updated for the new graphics cards and therefore Aero isn't working.

 

I have the new macbook pro (Sandy Bridge) i7 2.3 Radeon 6750M. My aero works without incident. I have 1 core and 1.5 GB ram setup up and this thing flies!

 

I tried reinstalling Parallels Tools and still no Aero. In fact, the Windows Experience Rating for graphics is a pathetic 2.0 (but a 5.8 for gaming graphics, interestingly enough). Are you running from a Boot Camp volume?

 

No boot camp partition. parallels is installed natively on top of OSx

 

How many licenses for Win7 Pro?

When using your Bootcamp partition thru //desktop 6 are you also prompted to provide another license Key for Win 7 Pro, considering there is quite a new hardware?

 

HI everibody ,
I have also recently acquired a Mac book pro sandy 15" I7 Quad core 750 G hard disk , 2G2 processor speed and a licence of parallel and Window 7 pro 32bit
this is intented to run PC based software for electronics (Multisim)on a 27" Dell screen (same screen as Apple Cinema view, but with more connections possibilities and mat instead of brillant ) and I do not be sure the best way to do it !!

I do not if the topic is the right one , I am new into this forum, so please excuse me if it is not the right place and redirect me

Does my approach make sense
I will work in TRIPLE BOOT :
one for the main partition 10.6.6 450G
separate partition with 10.6.6 for emergency system and data
one for Bootcamp and Window 7

I would use PARALLEL for quick access and bootcamp for eavy processing when needed

so question are : 1° does it best to use the Bootcamp partition as PARALLEL virtual system
or does I need to make two different approach

2° how to rum Parallel 6 on a triple boot ( and if Bootcamp used For Parallel , how to rename the partition access either in PARALLEL and in Bootcamp
as I have been on the web searching for the way to do it , but it seems tricky as Bootcamp need to be disk nr 3 while the last one too !!) all the forum based answer I have seen are quite old one , maybe new material and new Parallel 6 may do the job easier now ?

3° either the Windows and the Multisim program are official software with key dedicated to the specific machine
as I intent to use both Parallel and Bootcamp ( and indead neither two at the same time !!) how to proceed as I have only one licence of each , while running on the same machine it may request me a licence for both (what is crazy as the same machine !!) so it is why I intent to use the bootcamp partition for Parallel too
but any other approach will be welcome !!

4° I would share my documents from MAC to Win session (fat 32 being write and read , but limited to 32 G)
while HTFS go upper but could not be direct access what bet and if fat 32 best , is 32G enough for my purpose ?

5° does either Parallel and Bootcamp support efficiently such high definition screen 27" 2540 x 1440 tpi at full resolution

6° does 2G or 4G Ram (within 8G ) the right choice for Parallel and how many processor to be selected in my case , which best ?
7° Should I need to exclude the Parallel ( & or Bootcamp ) partition from time machine to avoïd huge amount of disk space any time I go into the window partition ( as I have seen on some topics) if exclusion is needed , what best way to safegard the Window partitions

8° at some occasion i may have to use some XP program running on XP , does it make sense to use an external USB2 drive for running occasionnaly XP into Parallel?



As for now I have still a fresh system and already made a double partition OSX + OSX , not yet bootcamp
if I have to reformat the dish better to do it now than later


Should somebody be kind enough to answer my questions
thanks in advance

Pidu