So you have been running Windows 7 x64 Beta, Release Candidate, or later on your Mac Pro and you want to update it to a clean install of the final RTM version. There is the easy way and there is the hard way. I have tried both so I will list them below and then [...]
The previous post shows the performance of a Corsair SSD drive on a Mac Pro (8 core with 8gb ram). Click on the Windows 7 logo for the full performance results image. I don’t quite understand what we need, in terms of hard disks, to get a higher score. I figured the Corsair P256 SSD [...]
In day to day operations I actually have a Mac Pro which runs with a 2.66ghz processor and about 8gb of ram. This is my primary machine which has been bootcamped and runs Windows 7 X64 – 100% of the time. It is truly an amazing experience and works perfectly without the smallest of hic-cups. [...]
I have already reviewed all of the products that can be used to run Windows 7 x64 (Release Candidate) on a MAC. See Below: Via Bootcamp using a DVD Using Suns Virtual Box Using VMware Fusion Using Parallels Desktop I figured it was time to share the performance results as given by Windows…now you can [...]
This post originally appeared on 2s2d.net on May 2, 2009 – I have moved it up since I have just done 3 posts on Windows 7 RC x64 on the Mac Pro…Watch for the round up coming soon. This post is a follow up to my post from this past week about Windows 7 in-place [...]
The final in contestant in the round up of Virtualization software for the Mac is VMware Fusion. I have done two reviews already on the free Sun Virtual Box, and Parallels Desktop. I figured I should make this a three part series and evaluate all of them with a clear winner (for my purposes) in [...]
Parallels is yet another virtualization solution for the OS X operating system. I already installed Windows 7 RC x64 using Sun’s Virtual Box and it was somewhat of a tricky/cumbersome experience….read here. I figured why not try to do the same install using Parallels Desktop version 4…Build 4.0.3844 to be exact. The experience was much [...]
