Here are my current reasons for using Parallels ...
- I need a Linux platform to compile C tools for a Linux server.
- As treasurer for an NFP, I have to run some accounting software that's only available in Windows.
- I use one or two specialist utilities in Windows that will be ported to OS X when hell freezes.
- For web site testing, I can have every web browser on the planet, on a single system.
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- .... and while the Windows VM is sitting idle on a spare core on my Map Pro, I can run another instance of Folding@Home.
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- Now that I'm running the new SMP version of Folding@Home, it takes advantage of all my cores, so no need for a VM instance.
Last edited: Dec 30, 2006