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Is it a good idea for me to run parallel?

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simeezee

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I have a base model of 11inch MBA with 2GB of RAM and 64GB of SSD.

When I try to access bloomberg.com/tv, I can only hear the audio but can't see the video. Tried all different browsers and codec available still doesn't work.

I understand the video is in wmv format, which means I will have no problem to play it in Windows. Therefore, I'm thinking about running Windows just so I can stream bloomberg tv online.

My question is if I were to run parallel on my Mac, is 2GB of RAM sufficient so there won't be any lags? If 2GB of RAM is not enough and I install bootcamp, how much space do I need to reserve for Windows 7?

Thanks in advance.
 
MikePA

MikePA

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simeezee said:
When I try to access bloomberg.com/tv, I can only hear the audio but can't see the video. Tried all different browsers and codec available still doesn't work.
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Thanks for starting another thread on this same topic.
 
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simeezee

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neko girl said:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2723809&tstart=0
http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/355001/watching-bloomberg-tv-mac-os-x/

You are not the only one with this issue.

Before you purchase and try out Parallels, try out VirtualBox which is free:
http://www.virtualbox.org/

You might have trouble playing games in Windows, but a video should be ok. Youtube works ok for my MacBook Air in Parallels.
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Thanks. I indeed figured it out and I post it here. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1105839/
 
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