Parallels on MacBook

[jamescwarren]

I have just bought a new MacBook (2.0 GHz, 120 GB HD, 1 GB RAM) and was wondering, what would running Parallels on a MacBook be like in full screen? Would it be OK? All I would be using it for would be MSN Messender and probably internet browsing on sites that don't work in Safari. And if I used MSN Messenger in Parallels, is there a hack or any way that I can get my iSight to work with it? Thanks.

 

[NJuul]

I think Parallels should run just as well on a MacBook as on a MacBook Pro, since there's no graphics acceleration anyway.
If you can find a driver for the iSight somewhere, it should work. Check if Apple have released one.

 

[netdog]

It runs great, but why run fullscreen? FWIW, if you really do want to run fullscreen you can toggle back and forth between OS X and XP.

 

[Jason_Bryan]

I have it running on a 2Ghz Macbook with 1.2gig of ram. It runs well both in a window and full screen. My preference is running it in a window so that I can just mouse over and use apps in OS X.

 

[FragTek]

My prefered method is running XP full screen on a seperate Virtue desktop and then scrolling back and forth. Quick and easy.

 

[RaNdOm]

My prefered method is running XP full screen on a seperate Virtue desktop and then scrolling back and forth. Quick and easy.

How do you do this? I have tried linking a desktop to my Windows running in full screen mode, but I can't get the thing to work properly. A step by step would be greatly appreciated.

 

[atmenterprises]

How do you do this? I have tried linking a desktop to my Windows running in full screen mode, but I can't get the thing to work properly. A step by step would be greatly appreciated.

Follow this link to the Parallel's support forum:

http://forum.parallels.com/post10666-3.html

I followed it step-by-step and now that fullscreen thing works flawlessly.

Michael