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Malcster

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RC1 is great, the many small tweaks since beta6 really make a difference, networking and screen display issues i had are now gone. Its really quick!

Pre-ordered it just in case Leopard doesnt have integrated virtualisation, hell i might still use Parallels if it does! :)
 
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monty77

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Still can't get this working right on my iMac despite unchecking that box, just shows 4:3 resolutions, nothing 16:9 so I get bars either side of the display :(

Any ideas? Otherwise it's great!

Cheers,
Adam
 
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bugfaceuk said:
I am not aware of any 3d hardware (at least used in Apple's) that supports virtualization. That's the fundamental issue here.
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Yeah, it seems to me like what Parallels desperately needs is a way to make video cards virtualize. Although even then, you'll have other hardware that is directly accessed that isn't virtual...meaning that for things like games, it'll probably never be ideal.
 
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secondplace

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I'm actually using it right now. one cool thing they added is like 7 or 8 new transitions between OSes in addition to the cube flip. anyone else check those out? i like the "warp".
 
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MRU

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secondplace said:
never tried it, but I don't see why not.
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I got clonedvd2 to work at ripping and shrinking, but disc burning isnt supported in parallels, so I simply put the ripped file into the parallels shared folder and then burned the files with toast.
 
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XIII

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Ok, I don't get how this works. So I have my Parallels window sitting in OS X, at 1024*768 on my 20" monitor, so I can use OS X and Windows easily, in OS X. But now I want to go full screen - I click the full screen button, and with the default settings (both allow to change guest res., and allow to change OS X res. selected), it simply stretches my 1024*768 to full screen, and leaves black bars on either side. Eugh. When I choose to just have allow to change OS X res., it simple gives me 1024*768 on a black background..

I don't understand - why can't it upscale the res. to 1680*1050 when I hit fullscreen?

Thanks.
 
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XIII said:
Ok, I don't get how this works. So I have my Parallels window sitting in OS X, at 1024*768 on my 20" monitor, so I can use OS X and Windows easily, in OS X. But now I want to go full screen - I click the full screen button, and with the default settings (both allow to change guest res., and allow to change OS X res. selected), it simply stretches my 1024*768 to full screen, and leaves black bars on either side. Eugh. When I choose to just have allow to change OS X res., it simple gives me 1024*768 on a black background..

I don't understand - why can't it upscale the res. to 1680*1050 when I hit fullscreen?

Thanks.
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DONT tell it to change OS X resolution. Just tell it to change the Guest Res. That's the solution.

Untick Host, Tick Guest.
 
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XIII

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MacRumorUser said:
DONT tell it to change OS X resolution. Just tell it to change the Guest Res. That's the solution.

Untick Host, Tick Guest.
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When I do that, I just get the resolution I am using it on in the small window inside OS X, but with a black border all the way round. It doesn't change res. - stays the same, but centres the screen, and covers the rest of the area in black.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
 
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MRU

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XIII said:
When I do that, I just get the resolution I am using it on in the small window inside OS X, but with a black border all the way round. It doesn't change res. - stays the same, but centres the screen, and covers the rest of the area in black.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
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?? You have installed parallels tools inside Windows? and are you using latest release candidate?
 
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XIII

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MacRumorUser said:
?? You have installed parallels tools inside Windows? and are you using latest release candidate?
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Ahhhh.. Parallels tools.. *hits head*

It does flicker and resize for a couple of seconds before getting into the right res., but it works. :)

Thanks.
 
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secondplace

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what I don't understand is why you have to install parallels tools. everyone wants to use them, right? why don't they just come as part of the program?
 
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secondplace said:
what I don't understand is why you have to install parallels tools. everyone wants to use them, right? why don't they just come as part of the program?
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Because they are only for XP and not Windows 98/2000 and Linux.
 
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secondplace said:
I'm actually using it right now. one cool thing they added is like 7 or 8 new transitions between OSes in addition to the cube flip. anyone else check those out? i like the "warp".
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'Zoom' is nifty.
 
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