There have been a number of comments (and direct emails to me) that are some variation of the following two you'll find below. Answers are inline:
- I've been playing with Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop. Why can't I use the hard disk partition I created with Boot Camp as the Windows image for Parallels?
ANSWER: Right now, Parallels Desktop does not include a "Use Real Partition" feature that will enable you to use your Boot Camp partition for Parallels. This feature is in our plans though, so stay tuned. Until its available, you'll need to perform a full installation to work with Windows in a virtual machine.
- Does Windows Vista Beta2 work with Parallels Desktop as a guest OS?
ANSWER: Not yet. Windows Vista requires BIOS to support ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) to load properly. We're actively working to include this feature in the Parallels BIOS, and will definitely offer support for Vista as primary and guest OS by the time Microsoft makes it available for general use.
— Ben Rudolph | Tuesday, May 30, 2006
23 Comments:
Sorry to keep busting your chops on it :) Thanks for being patient!
Would like to know when it will directly support the video boards/chipsets installed on some Macs. I am trying to play a game that requires a video card and and 64MB of display memory. My iMac has the ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB of video memory, but Parallels does not appear to recognize it. The game fails to operate because of percieved missing hardware.
Otherwise, fantastic software.
Windows Vista is tops on my wish list. I don't want to buy another copy of XP (the one on my PC is working fine, thank you). And I'm not interested in using a crack. I've wasted too much time trying to get those to work. I just don't want to buy a dead product (XP) with the new one right around the corner.
Working on a real partition would be nice, but not as nice as Vista (for me).
Sorry its taken me so long to get back to this post! ACPI and real-partition booting should be in the next version of Desktop, which will be available by year's end. I'll keep everyone up to date on both features as we get harder dates.
It will take some time for us to make our BIOS ACPI compatible so you can run Vista, and then we'll need time to fully test the new BIOS so we know that ALL of our guest OSes run flawlessly with it.
I promise that we're working on it as hard as we can. Also, please keep in mind that the end of the year is only a few months away (maximum) so you won't have that long to wait!
why of why do people want to use Vista if they have OS X is beyond me...
Im glad ive switched for the odd program i need running... but frankly.. i couldn't care about Vista, ill be forced to use that at work...
so take your time with ACPI!
But I've got to echo sentiments for ACPI and real partition support... I'm in the situation of needing to test our software on multiple OS's... Parallels has already made my life easier, but with ACPI/real partitions, it'll be a dream. We might actually consider going all OS/X in our testing lab, Parallels seems to be a solid competitor for VMware. :-)
Right... ACPI for Vista as a guest OS... but what about as a host OS?
Does that feature have the same "by year's end" target?
Any ideas?
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