[X4U] Parallels vs. Boot Camp

[Kunga]

I am telling you what they are reporting. Many people think it is  
faster. It uses hardware. It is not software emulation.
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On Apr 7, 2006, at 8:09 AM, Robert Ameeti wrote:

> At 7:50 AM -0700, 4/7/06, Kunga wrote:
>
>> Everyone who has installed and tried Parallels Workstation 2.1  
>> with XP says it's FASTER than the native dual boot speed.
>
> Slow down Taylor. Not even Parallels marketing people are saying  
> that it is that fast.
>
> They are saying: "Dramatically better than emulation, according to  
> Rudolph, but perhaps not quite as fast as a native Windows  
> environment. "Close to near-native" is how Parallels describes  
> performance in its press release."
>
> http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/04/06/parallels/index.php
>
>> It is running FULL BORE on the Intel hardware that is in the Intel  
>> Mac.