So I've had my Macbook Pro for a good couple months now and I bought Parallels along w/ it so I could run Windows along side the Mac OS. Let me just say, it rocks. I've been running Parallels in convergence mode (it's this way where you can use applications like Internet Explorer or Office 2007 as if it were running on the mac). I now use my macbook as my primary computer since I can run any application I want. (Mind you games, run 'ok', in which I switch to my boot camp partition for those.) Cost is still a huge factor though, because you have to buy the mac ($2500 for the mac, $80 for parallels, and about $150 - $300 for Windows, then factor in other software like Office and whatnot). It's definately an investment, but if you own most of the Windows stuff already, then you just pay for the mac and parallels software. Which, if you are lucky, you can get a good intel mac for cheaper refurbed or off of ebay.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Mac and Parallels a combo made in he......
So I've had my Macbook Pro for a good couple months now and I bought Parallels along w/ it so I could run Windows along side the Mac OS. Let me just say, it rocks. I've been running Parallels in convergence mode (it's this way where you can use applications like Internet Explorer or Office 2007 as if it were running on the mac). I now use my macbook as my primary computer since I can run any application I want. (Mind you games, run 'ok', in which I switch to my boot camp partition for those.) Cost is still a huge factor though, because you have to buy the mac ($2500 for the mac, $80 for parallels, and about $150 - $300 for Windows, then factor in other software like Office and whatnot). It's definately an investment, but if you own most of the Windows stuff already, then you just pay for the mac and parallels software. Which, if you are lucky, you can get a good intel mac for cheaper refurbed or off of ebay.
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