I use Parallels on my system to run Windows. Someone was telling me that you can set it up so that Parallels runs on a 2nd monitor keeping your main laptop monitor OS X. Is is true I can hook a monitor into the video out and set it up so that Parallels runs Windows on this 2nd monitor?
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Can you use Parallels on a 2nd monitor?
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You can definitely use a second display for Windows using VMware. I would assume that Parallels works the same way, but I prefer VMware 
Full-screen OS on 2nd monitor
Sure, it can be done. Drag the parallels' OS window to the second screen and then switch to full-screen mode.
There are, however, peculiarities -- for some reason, you cannot use full screen quicktime player on the notebook's monitor and type on the parallels' screen.
Slightly off-topic: is there a way to make the boundaries between the two displays more rigid? I'd like to avoid accidental mouse drifts between the displays.
Sure, it can be done. Drag the parallels' OS window to the second screen and then switch to full-screen mode.
There are, however, peculiarities -- for some reason, you cannot use full screen quicktime player on the notebook's monitor and type on the parallels' screen.
Slightly off-topic: is there a way to make the boundaries between the two displays more rigid? I'd like to avoid accidental mouse drifts between the displays.