When I need to use Windows for a specific application, I just turn on Parallels and run Vista simultaneously on my Mac, then I turn Windows off again and live in peace. The great thing about doing it this way is that both operating systems run at full speed (no emulation) and can run simultaneously and transparently. Only the application interface gives away whether it is a Windows or Macintosh application, and switching between them is seamless. The best thing is that it never crashes, unlike typical windows hardware. I have had this computer running 24/7 for almost two years without a single operating system-related hardware crash.
I have only had 2 bluescreens, both due to harddrive failures. fugging westerndigital
The best thing is that it never crashes, unlike typical windows hardware. I have had this computer running 24/7 for almost two years without a single operating system-related hardware crash.
To what do you attribute the robustness of Windows running under Parallels, as opposed to running standalone?
Does this environment limit the damage poorly written driver software can do?
Or does it have more to do with the fact that you typically only run 1 or at most a small number of apps at any one time?
Or something else?