![]() Sure, you can do all that today via Parallels, but in OS X 10.5, such capabilities may be built directly into the system.-RG Virtual desktops If it does, then the Mac will truly be the jack of all trades-you’ll be able to run many versions of Linux and Windows directly within OS, or reboot via the final version of Boot Camp for those times when you need 3-D graphics or full hardware support in Windows. It’s possible that Apple may go after the Parallels market and include some virtualization technology directly in Leopard. ![]() So what will Apple do with virtualization in OS X 10.5? All we know is that the company plans to make Boot Camp a part of OS X 10.5 it’s been quiet on any virtualization solutions that may be in the works. You give up some level of hardware support, and you lose accelerated 3-D graphics, but you get about 90 percent of the native speed of the systems, all without a reboot. But you can also install and run many different Linux systems as well, and run them all at the same time. Parallels lets you run Windows XP Pro, XP, 2000, 98, and almost every other variation of Windows out there. Instead, it’s designed to take advantage of the Intel processor’s ability to create “virtual” CPUs, and then to run an operating system of your choice on that virtual CPU. This method has some nice benefits, including full hardware support and accelerated graphics-if you want to play PC games on your Intel Mac, this is the way to go.īut a much better solution, at least relative to most typical office and home-use needs, is represented by the aforementioned Parallels Desktop, which is something known as a “virtualization solution.” Parallels Desktop isn’t designed to just run Windows on your Intel Mac. As Chris noted, the Apple-provided solution,īoot Camp, requires a reboot before you can boot your Mac directly into Windows. If you’ve got an Intel Mac, there are two ways you can run Windows on it. Perhaps a scheme similar to fast user-switching that lets you quickly dash between operating systems (while still sharing files through a common storage space).-CHRISTOPHER BREENĪpple could follow the lead of Parallels Desktop and let you switch between the Mac OS and Windows without a reboot in Leopard. Parallels Desktop -can’t run Windows at darned-near-native speeds, find another way. If an integrated windowed environment-one similar to Microsoft’s And let Disk Utility support Windows-compatible formats. ![]() Make it possible for applications in each OS to share data (such as items copied to the Clipboard). For example, allow users to easily move files between the two operating systems. ![]() If Leopard is going to welcome Windows to the Mac, please let it do so completely. And even Apple would concede that having to completely shut down one operating system in order to use another is a far from elegant approach to However, as with Spotlight, I’d prefer an official Apple replacement for the Finder.-RG Windows compatibility and integration…īoot Camp is a wonderful band-aid and Apple should be commended for allowing a Macintosh to run Path Finder quite a bit, as it already has many of these features (and more). There are also a slew of new features I’d like to see in the Finder-a sortable column-view window, easily customizable contextual menus, selectable colors for column view window backgrounds, some way to browse the Spotlight metadata directly in the Finder, and more powerful Smart folders (just to name a few). It’s quite easy to bog the Finder down with things that shouldn’t affect it-opening a folder with 3,500 items in it, for instance, or discovering what happens if you’re connected to another machine’s shared folders when that machine goes to sleep. Unfortunately, the Finder is really showing its age, too. ![]() It’s the last real bit of legacy code in the system, with its origins dating back to who knows when in the mists of time. One of the major sticking points for me in OS X is the Finder. ![]()
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