http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/04/06/parallels_offers_mac_vt_beta/
US software company Parallels has posted a pre-release version of its upcoming virtualisation tool for Intel-based Macs. Coming in response to the release of Apple's Windows XP-oriented Boot Camp utility, the Parallel product eliminates the need to choose which operating system the users at start-up. Instead, users can flip between operating systems at will.
Parallels also said the software doesn't limit users to Windows XP as an alternative to Mac OS X - they can opt to run "any version of Windows (3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, Me, 2000, NT, XP, 2003), any Linux distribution, FreeBSD, Solaris, OS/2, eComStation or MS-DOS".
I've got a Beta version...really nice app. Much better than Bootcamp (no rebooting the computer to switch between OS), and not slower than Christmas like Virtual PC.
so how's the performance of parallels vs. boot camp? I'd expect XP to run better under boot camp since it's not emulating inside of another OS.
its been out of beta for about month or so now.
think its near $50 or so.
runs very smoothly but you cant do 3d games...besides, thats what a console is for! ;)
I haven't used Parallels because I don't feel like paying to use Windows on my Mac :) Boot Camp works fine for me, though I wouldn't be opposed to OS X 10.5 containing Windows virtualization or the ability to run Windows programs directly through OS X. Perhaps we'll know next week at WWDC...
I know this is an old topic I didn't know if it was right to post another question about bootcamp to a totally different subject than taping.
Can Bootcamp play PC games? Thats all I want to know. If not I don't want Windows files to plague my computer. ;D
Boot Camp isn't the operating system, just the enabler to switch OSes. It allows you to switch between OS X and XP on any Mac machine that has an Intel processor. So if your PC games play on XP, and you have XP to install on a partition of your drive, you're good to go.