Comments on: One Way to Turn a Mac Into a PC Just Got Better

By: Tom Herman

Tom Herman — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:21:44 +0000

Well, my comment is nearly 2 months after Walt’s article has published, but there is a significant Fusion shortcoming that Walt doesn’t mention, or isn’t aware of.

Fusion still does _not_ provide native Firewire support
How hard can it be?!

If you’re trying to use a Windows video editing suite on your Mac, you’re out of luck, as most camcorders are firewire interfaced, not USB.

VMWare lists a workaround for connecting to Firewire external hard drives, but it seems clumsy. I haven’t tried it yet, to see what the effect on Firewire-800 transfer speeds is. Due to it’s very high speed, Firewire-800 is the preferred connection to external hard drives, especially when making backups or disk images.

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By: Sam Harrison

Sam Harrison — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:28:43 +0000

what microsoft and apple need to do is make virtual machines part of the os

14 years ago i tried one of the first macs with a ms-windows ability and haven’t felt the need to have a toyota and nissan running at the same time

that was when i switched from being a mac fan (i used to sell them also) to having to use a pc

since then the pc does everything i need, other than lack the steve jobs halo glow that mac has

By: Murphy Mac

Murphy Mac — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:00:28 +0000

You can ease into Fusion too. I was using Boot Camp. I could load up my Windows – Boot Camp install using Fusion and shut it down when I was done. But I couldn’t suspend it.

Once I was comfortable with Fusion I converted my Boot Camp install to a native Fusion VM. Now I can suspend a session and resume it later. I can also delete it from my disk when I’m desperate for space and copy it back on from another drive.

The best news is that I hardly ever need Windows anymore, but when I do Fusion makes it easy and performs well.

By: Mark Thibault

Mark Thibault — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:27:05 +0000

Jeff – I have used XP Pro DVDs that have not included SP1,2 or 3 to install XP in both Parallels and Fusion 1. I have not installed a new XP or Vista on Fusion 2 although I have upgraded those VMs successfully.

By: Jeff Michalczak

Jeff Michalczak — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:49:58 +0000

Do either Parallels or Fusion require one to have a Windows XP disk with Service Pack 2 (or 3) installed on the disk? Or could I install from a plain Windows XP disk and then download and update the Service Packs?

I ask because (i) I have a pre-Service Pack Windows XP disk which I would like to use and (ii) I am aware that Boot Camp requires one to have a Windows XP disk with Service Pack 2 installed on the disk.

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Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:49:57 +0000

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