[Macpartners] Dual simultaneous OSes?

[Albert Willis]

On May 22, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:

> Hi Al [et al]:
>
> So what you are saying is parallels (or similar software  
> application) is required for simultaneous OS operation?   Being a  
> software app, how does it benchmark to having a genuine Intel/AMD  
> PC running Windows?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott

Yes, to run multiple operating systems on Mac OS X, you need  
virtualization software, such as Parallels or VMWare. Intel's Core  
Duo, Core 2 Duo and Xeon processors used in Macs support  
virtualization in hardware, so the performance is quite good. As the  
software matures, performance will continue to improve. You can see a  
review of Parallels with benchmarks at Macworld: http:// 
www.macworld.com/2006/06/reviews/parallels/index.php.

   -- Al


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