Too bad that was not the case with USB support. Parallels offers control options that are pretty granular: boot sequence, memory allocation and network adapter emulation options are among the configurable features for the virtual machine.ĭragging and dropping between the host OS and guest caused no problems. Setting up a Vista virtual machine from loading the CD to the last reboot after the install of Parallels Tools took 37 minutes.
Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac was cake to install. VMware and Parallels are of course virtualization solutions while Boot Camp allows for dual-booting.Īll three programs were loaded on a spanking new Mac mini, outfitted with Leopard 10.5.2, a 1.83 GHs Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 1 GB RAM. These solutions achieve the same end: getting multiple OSes to run on a single platform but by different means.
