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gonnabuyamac

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i currently run Vista through Parallels on my MBP. Are there any benefits to deleting the virtual machine, installing Vista through Boot Camp, then running Parallels from that partition? Or am I better off just sticking with the virtual machine installed through Parallels?
 

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For virtualization, its better straight from Parallels as you have it. The BC option lets you use full Vista as a choice on start up...
 

gonnabuyamac

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For virtualization, its better straight from Parallels as you have it. The BC option lets you use full Vista as a choice on start up...

that's what i wondered - if performance would take a hit if i was running parallels from the BC partition. the only reason i would do BC is just to see what Vista looks like with the whole Aero Glass thing.... yeah, probably not worth it :p
 

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that's what i wondered - if performance would take a hit if i was running parallels from the BC partition. the only reason i would do BC is just to see what Vista looks like with the whole Aero Glass thing.... yeah, probably not worth it :p
Personally I turned Aero off after a day, way too headache-y...
 
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