Parallels vs. Boot Camp

[Google Kreme]

On 30 Sep 2006, at 05:11 , Mark Smith wrote:
> at 11:35 on 30.09.2006, Google Kreme wrote:
>
>> On 30 Sep 2006, at 02:49 , Mark Smith wrote:
>>> (b) Parallels with XP and Outlook (c) Parallels with a
>>> Linux Distro and Evolution/Connector
>>
>> I dunno anything about option c, so I'd lean to option b.
>> Bootcamp means shutting down your Mac, and why would anyone
>> ever want to do that?
>
> I don't, but I'm in the dark about performance with Parallels. If  
> it takes a while to launch and then it takes Outlook a while to  
> launch (like it does on a PC) and then I have glacial performance  
> for as long as Parallels is running, then I'm willing to reboot  
> with Bootcamp once a week.

Outlook will run at the same speed (well, practically for all intents  
and purposes and other non-qualitative statements) under Parallels.

This is not Virtual PC.  Parallels runs Windows at native speed.

The issue with high-end 3D graphics is not speed, it's drivers.

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