Comments on: Parallels 3.0 Supports 3D Windows Gaming, SmartSelect http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/parallels_30_supports_3d_windo/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:10:06 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/parallels_30_supports_3d_windo/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Michael Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:58:57 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/parallels_30_supports_3d_windo.html#comment-243 <p>Parallels seriously has to be one of the greatest and most innovative pieces of non-OS software ever written. What these guys have managed to do is nothing short of brilliant. On my Intel iMac with 1.5Gb RAM, XP runs flawlessly with a 512MB allocation of RAM. I don't use XP much, but for things like Etax (the ATO software), it is so friggin' handy to be able to boot into XP without any issues at all.</p> <p>Showing Parallels off to my friends is one of coolest geek tricks I have.</p> Parallels seriously has to be one of the greatest and most innovative pieces of non-OS software ever written. What these guys have managed to do is nothing short of brilliant. On my Intel iMac with 1.5Gb RAM, XP runs flawlessly with a 512MB allocation of RAM. I don’t use XP much, but for things like Etax (the ATO software), it is so friggin’ handy to be able to boot into XP without any issues at all.

Showing Parallels off to my friends is one of coolest geek tricks I have.

]]> By: Seamus http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/parallels_30_supports_3d_windo/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Seamus Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:03:17 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/parallels_30_supports_3d_windo.html#comment-242 <p>Yes, this is awesome news. I've been dual-booting to Vista for when I need it, but if I can move to pure virtualisation I'll be a very happy boy.</p> <p>And I reckon a Mac is currently the best Vista environment - we have a closed hardware set, so when you Boot Camp install, you get a set of drivers for everything. More than you can say for many PC installs.</p> Yes, this is awesome news. I’ve been dual-booting to Vista for when I need it, but if I can move to pure virtualisation I’ll be a very happy boy.

And I reckon a Mac is currently the best Vista environment – we have a closed hardware set, so when you Boot Camp install, you get a set of drivers for everything. More than you can say for many PC installs.

]]> By: Penguinister http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/parallels_30_supports_3d_windo/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Penguinister Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:49:19 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/06/parallels_30_supports_3d_windo.html#comment-241 <p>Ive been pretty impressed with parallels and having 3D support for Windows games etc means I can finally throw my dedicated Windows gaming machine out the door and run Linux/OSX/Windows all on one machine (just add heaps of ram). </p> Ive been pretty impressed with parallels and having 3D support for Windows games etc means I can finally throw my dedicated Windows gaming machine out the door and run Linux/OSX/Windows all on one machine (just add heaps of ram).

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