Friday, January 5, 2007

parallel desktop for mac v.3106

allright. after i ask hendito at iefile to download it, it's time to install that software at my macbook.first, what is parallel?it's a software to build a virtual machine at your system.it's like kind of vmware. this software let us to running other OS above our current OS.so, this is the scenario, i boot using my MacOSx then start other OS using this software.yes, you will got two operating system or more at one time..

to install parallel, just mount the .dmg you got from apple website,
here is the link

download parallel desktop

then click the install parallel icon.
the installer will start shortly.after that,just start the parallel desktop.the first step is installing the OS you want.which one?anything!you could install microsoft windows vista, xp, server, 2000, even 98 and 95. you could install anykind distro of linux.you could install unix system like freeBSD.wonderfully,we don't need any partition.the parallel will take care of it.it make virtual hard drive with dynamic size.so, the harddrive is just like a file.if we write the sytem such as make a file in windows, the virtual hard drive will expand it self.for example, i install win xp sp2.the result is just a file with size 1,5GB.if you make a file or install program at that windows, the file size start increasing. until the max size you specified it.i set the max size at 8GB.
that's it.install the OS. i try to install windows XP SP2(it's faster than if you install on PC,why?because the parallel take care of the crap initial configuration automatically).i installed linux slackware and freeBSD too.
then.start it! you'll find the window that show up booting session of the OS

there is an awesome feature at this 3106 version.that is,booting with the bootcamp partition.(bootcamp?see my other post.then see adham's blog) and the best ones, coherence mode.coherence mode let you run two OS at one desktop.curently it's just macOSx and windows.we can run the two OS seamlessly.we can open windows explorer and finder at once.the drag and drop files between them.this is the most awesome feature i found at this version.
regrettably, i can't upload the screenshot right now..seems the blogger upload feature's down.i promise to let you see this..

heheh..the more and more i love this Mac.

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