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Posted by Smarty on 02/18/07 20:49
joke for video work.....FAT32, 4GB max, etc.
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> We use MacDrive in Bootcamp and Parallels which makes your argument
> invalid. For $50 it is a no brainer.
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I also use MacDrive in Bootcamp. You misinterpreted what I said. MacDrive
offers ***NOTHING*** to solve the problem I cited, namely, that Parallels
cannot see any of the attached real hard drives, but only sees its' own
virtual drive, which is tiny, slow, and FAT32. Maybe it's your argument that
is invalid. ;-)
> http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/bootcamp.asp
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> Parallels is fine for office apps and testing cross platform web
> applications. Parallels limitations are known and graphics/video support
> is one of them and Parallels make no bones about that. What is really
> required is GPUs with virtualisation technology too.
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Exactly, and is ***NOT*** suited for doing video work, my original point.
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>> Bootcamp is a beta work in progress. Perhaps Leopard will do it right,
>> but as of now, the environment is incomplete, not stable as a production
>> system, and hardly a good platform for day-to-day video work.
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> I simply do not accept that given my own experience of using it daily. The
> only issue I know of is the Mac Pro drive speed but that can be easily
> overcome by making a custom XP install disc.
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I'm curious to know more about making a custom XP install disk. I did the
standard, Apple-specified, install, and have no specific complaint about
hard drive speed in Bootcamp. It is comparable to the same drive when
connected to one of my PCs.
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>> A truly useful and totally stable environment can be had with **2
>> computers**, a MacPro running Tiger with SMB/Samba networking connected
>> to a PC with PC software installed. Not only are all tools available to
>> be used interactively, which isn't even slightly true with either
>> Parallels or Bootcamp, but speed, stability, shared volumes, etc. work
>> right and work reliably. Parallels and Bootcamp may provide a small
>> measure of this functionality but this is all they provide.
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>> Smarty
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> With a screen name like that you are asking for trouble...
Thanks for pointing that out.
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