Comments on: My MBP is bi-OS now http://berniechew.com/blog/2007/07/29/my-mbp-is-bi-os-now/ Live the Web. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:54:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: bernie http://berniechew.com/blog/2007/07/29/my-mbp-is-bi-os-now/#comment-591 bernie Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:26:48 +0000 http://berniechew.com/blog/2007/07/29/my-mbp-is-bi-os-now/#comment-591 True. But I want to have minimal Windows on my MBP, so I'll just stick with Parallels, unless I really need to install bootcamp. True. But I want to have minimal Windows on my MBP, so I’ll just stick with Parallels, unless I really need to install bootcamp.

]]> By: Adam Nelson http://berniechew.com/blog/2007/07/29/my-mbp-is-bi-os-now/#comment-587 Adam Nelson Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:46:33 +0000 http://berniechew.com/blog/2007/07/29/my-mbp-is-bi-os-now/#comment-587 Boot Camp and Parallels don't need to be an either/or thing. Parallels 2.5 or later can use your Boot Camp partition to boot from. Granted, it's not as fast to launch as a dedicated Parallels VM, as it has to completely start up XP from scratch and shut it down every time (no suspending), but it's convenient (one copy of XP has all my goodies), and space efficient (only one copy of XP on my MBP's internal drive). I end up using Parallels about 75% of the time, and only boot to XP via Boot Camp for gaming. Boot Camp and Parallels don’t need to be an either/or thing. Parallels 2.5 or later can use your Boot Camp partition to boot from. Granted, it’s not as fast to launch as a dedicated Parallels VM, as it has to completely start up XP from scratch and shut it down every time (no suspending), but it’s convenient (one copy of XP has all my goodies), and space efficient (only one copy of XP on my MBP’s internal drive).

I end up using Parallels about 75% of the time, and only boot to XP via Boot Camp for gaming.

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