Parrallels 5.0 vs Boot Camp: Any major advantage of using parrallels 5.0 vs. boot camp, which came with my new macbook pro?
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The primary advantage is that you don't need to shut down your Mac and restart in Windows. You can run them both at once. So it depends on your usage patterns. I like to be able to go back and forth constantly between the two operating systems so I use virtualization software (VMWare's Fusion actually) My son mostly likes to play one game in Windows but he has a Mac so he just uses Bootcamp.
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Actually both the 2013 and 2014 use the Haswell chips. The 2014 model runs slightly faster (1.4 vs 1.3 and in boost mode 2.7 vs 2.6). 2014 battery life improvements were a result of OSX changes(mavericks vs mountain lion). The 2014 model price was reduced. If you go here: http://www.everymac.com/mac-identification/index-how-to-identify-my-mac.html you can find more detailed info on these models as well as older models (other mac products as well).
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I am using the Maverick server in a soho environment. I did upgrade the memory to 16Gb to handle things better. I do not have the page addresses where I found the answers to your question. But basically you have a Mid-2010 machine which runs Maverick and Maverick will address the additional memory. As to issues such as Anthony B. addressed, I really don't have any help for you. Without looking though, I believe you can install Maverick & Server for less money than Mt. Lion unless it comes with the mac mini. You'll need to double check that.
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The mac book pro is better than Hp's laptop computers. I have used both the Hp dv6t and the mac book pro computers. The mac operating software is better than Windows 7. The track pad on the mac book pro is far better and more accurate that the "gesture pad" on the Hp laptop computers. If you could afford the mac, then go for the mac. The mac apps are also cool and readily available.
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I have Mavericks OS 10.9.4 and it works fine. I don't know how far back it goes. The box it came in was destroyed in our earthquake so I don't have the Mac specs handy, but I would guess it might go back as far as Snow Leopard, maybe earlier, but that is just a guess. Is it not supplied with the sales specs for the product? Sorry, I don't have more info handy at this time. I do have to say that I have moved on to Rosetta Stone. They have a terrific sale (50% and I bought the full program Levels I-V for about $250. Don't know if it's still on, but I received it just before the quake. Now that Our house is about restored, I'm getting ready to load it up.
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nope, but I play from a boot camped imac through a thunderbolt drive. I even enabled the whole 60fps hack, it works fine but the system does get hot. Even by itself windows runs hotter on a boot camp set up than normal OS does.
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Also, give BootCamp a shot. It's a free download on the Apple website. The only downside is that you would have to dual-boot the Mac, which means, if you want to use the Windows apps, you would have to reboot your Mac into the Windows OS. I would recommend Parallels, but if $80 is not in the budget, BootCamp is the best alternative.
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Not sure. Logic X, however, installs all by it's lonesome and doesn't affect previous versions. It's also THE BOMB!!!You do need a newer 64 bit Mac running the very latest version of OSX. I did an uninstall of Logic 9 (I had a NFR version) when I loaded 9 up. If you do this, make sure you get all the loops an everything or you end up with duplicates.
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Unfortunately this does not appear to be compatible with my Mac version, 10.9.5 Mavericks. If it doesn't work in the host I've found it simple can't run on the VMs either. Under Bootcamp however, I've found it runs fine. If you have windows installed on your mac and then install VMWare you have to do a small trick with Workstation 9 to get USB 3.0 support as the Mac Pro literally has no USB 2.0 ports. Once you do that the Alfa works like a dream. I use Kali pretty regularly in VM and have never once used it native. It'll also happily run on something like Elementary OS as well. If your Mac has USB 2.0 then I imagine it's even easier so long as your running Windows. Unfortunately this does not appear to be compatible with my Mac version, 10.9.5 Mavericks. If it doesn't work in the host I've found it simple can't run on the VMs either. Under Bootcamp however, I've found it runs fine. If you have windows installed on your mac and then install VMWare you have to do a small trick with Workstation 9 to get USB 3.0 support as the Mac Pro literally has no USB 2.0 ports. Once you do that the Alfa works like a dream. I use Kali pretty regularly in VM and have never once used it native. It'll also happily run on something like Elementary OS as well. If your Mac... » Read More Unfortunately this does not appear to be compatible with my Mac version, 10.9.5 Mavericks. If it doesn't work in the host I've found it simple can't run on the VMs either. Under Bootcamp however, I've found it runs fine. If you have windows installed on your mac and then install VMWare you have to do a small trick with Workstation 9 to get USB 3.0 support as the Mac Pro literally has no USB 2.0 ports. Once you do that the Alfa works like a dream. I use Kali pretty regularly in VM and have never once used it native. It'll also happily run on something like Elementary OS as well. If your Mac has USB 2.0 then I imagine it's even easier so long as your running Windows. « Show Less
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bought mine Saturday, came with old leopard (but i bought snow leopard)best macbook pro ever. snow leopard really makes it come alive (with speed)my adobe and pro apps load up with the greatest of ease (it's scary how fast they run now), heck, even firefox doesn't slow down the system anymore! (though it does take it's time)and now you can add more than 10 items to you dock (when dragging a folder down), soo awesome!
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I bought the PCIe 2.0 from Apricorn It boots in my Mac Pro. However it did not want to bootcamp partition on my computer. I needed it so I switched back to just the Hard Drive caddy that docks the SSD drive. To be honest I really can't tell any speed difference. Both work well.I am selling my Apricorn Velocity Solo for $30.00 since I am not using it. Hope this helps. Mike
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Before replying, may I suggest you get the newer version, CorelDraw X6. Another Amazon vendor is offering the X6 version for just a dollar or two more, which is the product I purchased just last week. You used the term "upgrade." However, nothing I noticed in the product I recently purchased identified it as an upgrade. On the "honor system," you're expected to be a home or student user, thus entitling you to purchase this full X6 version I purchased at a deeply discounted price. You'd also be entitled to making three installations and a license number was provided with the product, too. In other words, it's a full version, not an upgrade version. I installed it without a hitch. By the way, I'm also running Windows 7 Home Premium on an I5-3450 processor. So, as far as I can tell, you'd be perfectly "good to go" buying the X6 version I purchased for about the same price. Good luck with it.
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Doesn't interfere with sleeping or waking on my Mac Pro. And sometimes I boot into OSX 10.9 or OSX 10.7, and even into Windows 8 using bootcamp. No problems.
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I think the "Dual Install" ability on Windows and Mac is a great feature. My first purch was the Photoshop Elements 2006, I have an HP Laptop and a MacBook Pro so I had to buy them separate and it gets costly to do this. So buying one with the installation available for both my machines is great. I never buy software from a "download" I buy actual hardware, I want physical material in hand to find if needed to reinstall or look up info.
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I just got my MBP. It had 10.4 Tiger but iLife 08. I ordered Leopard through Apple for ten bucks.
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For an older computer I thought this computer was awesome. I highly recommend it but if you are looking for a computer for multi-tasking find a new or used Macbook Pro. Macs are awesome at multi-tasking. Plus you can run Windows on a Mac if you have any Windows programs or games you can't live without. You can look up some of my videos on what you can do with a Macbook Pro. Search Craig Wayman on Youtube
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Get Parallel 3.0 build 5582, which was release on 12/5/07. Earlier builds were not fully compatible with Leopard. I purchased an earlier build of 3.0 and parallel would not even start w/ Leopard. This problem has been reported on the web by other users. I upgraded to 5582, and it works beautifully. MCHP