Comments on: Fast OS Switching with the Mac Mini http://stateless.geek.nz/2006/04/24/fast-os-switching-with-the-mac-mini/ Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:02:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nicholas Lee http://stateless.geek.nz/2006/04/24/fast-os-switching-with-the-mac-mini/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Nicholas Lee Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:15:51 +0000 http://stateless.geek.nz/2006/04/24/fast-os-switching-with-the-mac-mini/#comment-355 That is switching the OS. Parallels uses VT. Of course if you are a gamer its better to run native. Furthermore its probably a much better idea to go custom as you can upgrade your graphics card at need. I've got Parallels going on my M400 tablet, but I haven't had a chance to test it well yet as it doesn't work with my vmware images. You are right though, a good method for gamers would be parallels on WinXP. Of course you'd have to find one of those hacked versions of OSX so you could run that on non-Mac hardware. Personally I think the Mac Mini is one of those perfect small workstations. For business, media center, your grandmother, etc. I'm evolving my setup. The next plan is using a Mac Mini to build a work desktop unit where I can bring my tablet too. I've found using the tablet as a desktop destorys its usefulness as a tablet as its surrounded by a mass of cables. I'm probably combine the thing with software KVM and filesharing via samba. That is switching the OS. Parallels uses VT. Of course if you are a gamer its better to run native. Furthermore its probably a much better idea to go custom as you can upgrade your graphics card at need.

I’ve got Parallels going on my M400 tablet, but I haven’t had a chance to test it well yet as it doesn’t work with my vmware images. You are right though, a good method for gamers would be parallels on WinXP. Of course you’d have to find one of those hacked versions of OSX so you could run that on non-Mac hardware.

Personally I think the Mac Mini is one of those perfect small workstations. For business, media center, your grandmother, etc. I’m evolving my setup. The next plan is using a Mac Mini to build a work desktop unit where I can bring my tablet too. I’ve found using the tablet as a desktop destorys its usefulness as a tablet as its surrounded by a mass of cables. I’m probably combine the thing with software KVM and filesharing via samba.

]]> By: Richard Parry http://stateless.geek.nz/2006/04/24/fast-os-switching-with-the-mac-mini/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Richard Parry Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:32:55 +0000 http://stateless.geek.nz/2006/04/24/fast-os-switching-with-the-mac-mini/#comment-354 I was immediately all like, "I'm going down to buy one!" but then I did more reading - he's using Parallels to do this magic stuff. He's not really switching the OS, he's just running a VM under Parallels in full screen mode. If I was a gamer and could run XP as the host OS (for decent graphics support) and Parallels for the other stuff I'd be there I recon, but I don't think that's the demo he's showing :) Thoughts? I was immediately all like, “I’m going down to buy one!” but then I did more reading – he’s using Parallels to do this magic stuff. He’s not really switching the OS, he’s just running a VM under Parallels in full screen mode.

If I was a gamer and could run XP as the host OS (for decent graphics support) and Parallels for the other stuff I’d be there I recon, but I don’t think that’s the demo he’s showing :) Thoughts?

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