Parallels or Boot Camp?

I talk about the differences between Parallels Desktop and Boot Camp, two apps that let you run Windows on your Mac. Enjoy!

PS Sorry about the weird intro. I wasn't sure if iShowU was recording or not :-)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Parallels
• BootCamp
• Boot
• Camp
• Windows
• Mac
• XP
• Vista
• Virtualization

[TerakJK]

i want play windows games on my macbook. Bootcamp or Parallels? Which is better?

[ElliottMediaGroup]

@TerakJK Bootcamp because it takes full advantage of the horsepower of your computer.

[SamaraiSmasher]

if you put a disk in will windows read it?

[ElliottMediaGroup]

@SamaraiSmasher Yes.

[iWhiteDots]

the best choise for playing battlefield bad company 2? please respond, i need some help :p

[ElliottMediaGroup]

@iWhiteDots Bootcamp because it can take advantage of the full power of your computer

[deficitcrew]

@Shaydo100 depends on how many games, how big they are, etc. I'd go with at least 100GB if you can spare it.

[deficitcrew]

@DEEBIC021 yes, just delete the windows partition and expand the mac partition back into the free space.

[deficitcrew]

@paan468 boot camp is already installed on OS X, so you don't need to install it. Yes, you need a licensed copy of Windows.

[deficitcrew]

@Miccy10 it would if you use boot camp and your hardware meets the specs.

[deficitcrew]

@SharKzZxX boot camp

[deficitcrew]

@MW2IsEpic720Trick Left 4 Dead 2 recommends the following:

CPU: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz

RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista/7

VGA: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better

OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP

HDD: At least 7.5 GB of free space

You'll probably be good.

[deficitcrew]

@MW2IsEpic720Trick (ran out of space, so this is continued from the last part). Check the mimum and recommended requirements of the game, and if you Mac meets those requirements, it'll run in Windows under Boot Camp.

[deficitcrew]

@MW2IsEpic720Trick the amount of ram you have really makes no difference after 4-6 gigs as far as most games are concerned. That's because just about every game is 32-bit (including Left 4 Dead 2, Battlefield 3, and MW3). Even with a 64-bit OS, 32-bit games can only address the first 4 GB of memory address space, so they can't take advantage of more than 4GB. Your answer depends on your video card and not amount of memory.

[MW2IsEpic720Trick]

I have parallel on my imac i5 with 12 gb RAM and i am wondering if it will run left 4 dead 2 good. I have a game that runs perfectly with high graphics but this is different. Please respond before i waste 20 bucks!

[SharKzZxX]

my specs: imac 3,4ghz, 256gb ssd 2tb hdd, amd radeon 6970M 2GB , 16GB Ram can you whats better to use sony vegas? bootcam or paralles 7 ?