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  • New iMacs throw up performance problems

    I've worked with AppleCare for hours - cleaned up libraries, zapped the PRAM, reinstalled the OS; but it's still not fixed.Others reported that the performance issue also affects some of the less-expensive 21.5-in.iMacs that Apple introduced 20…
  • Apple Boot Camp to support Windows 7

    Apple said it will update its Boot Camp utility before the end of the year to support Microsoft's just-launched Windows 7.In a short support document posted to the Apple website, the company said it would soon revise Boot Camp, a utility that lets…
  • VMware Fusion now supports Parallels desktop

    VMware has announced Fusion 2.0.2, an update to its virtualisation software for Mac OS X.VMware Fusion, offered as a free update for registered users, enables Intel-based Macs to run other operating systems and their application software as…
  • XP's graphics thrashes Apple's OS X

    The test was inspired by the Bubblemark animation test, according to Christmann, but was designed to heavily saturate the rendering pipeline and determine the level of visual complexity achievable in a given two-dimensional rendering technology…
  • MacBooks get AirMagnet support

    Laptop Analyzer is one of the most widely used and highly regarded field tools for auditing and troubleshooting wireless enterprise networks, but until now the software has only supported network gear found in Windows laptops.This is despite the…
  • VMware releases Fusion

    The alternative is restarting to run Windows and Windows applications, as Apple's Boot Camp software mandates.The software allows Mac users to run both 32- and 64-bit operating systems, using two processor cores at the same time, and a variety of…

Latest Features

  • 2010 may be the year of the Apple Mac

    Snow Leopard's Boot Camp software, which lets you set up a bootable Windows partition on a Mac, couldn't run Windows 7 until Apple issues an update in January, months after Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion supported Windows 7 in their Mac
  • All you wanted to know about the Leopard Server

    Actions include tasks such as enabling automated installation, creating user accounts and partitioning a hard drive in preparation for Apple's Boot Camp.Without a doubt, this is a huge improvement of ease-of-use, but the approach is so different…
  • Parallels versus VMware: upstart takes the biscuit

    It ain't gonna happen.You can however, run Microsoft Windows on an Intel-based Mac, using either Boot Camp, Apple's dual-boot system, or using virtualisation. There's a fight going on in the virtualisation market, the battlefield is the ability to…
  • Virtual realities: All the world on a Mac

    The next version of Apple's operating system, Leopard (Mac OS 10.5), will include the ability to run Windows built in.Macs that run Windows via virtualisation are here to stay.Boot Camp runs Windows operating systems (XP and Vista) and…
  • 2006: The year in PCs and chips

    In April, Apple launches its Boot Camp software, enabling Intel-based Macs to run their choice of Apple's OS X or Microsoft's Windows XP.AMD announces ATI acquisitionAMD announces a plan in July to buy Canadian graphics chip vendor ATI…
  • Why IT staffers, and users, will like Apple's plans

    As with Spotlight, developers will be able to integrate Time Machine into applications.A complete package approach that includes a final release of Boot Camp for running Windows in a dual-boot system (Apple will not include virtualisation in Mac
 

How-Tos

  • How to run a Windows virtual machine on Mac

    Apples Boot Camp lets you install Windows on your Mac and switch between it and the Mac OS, but you have to restart each time. Do you find switching between Windows and Mac OS a chore? Add a touch of virtualisation to your Mac and you'll be able to…
  • Getting ready for the leap to Leopard

    Boot Camp, Apple's dual-boot software that has been available in beta to Mac OS X 10.4 owners free of charge, is built into Leopard. But there are several that make most everyone's justification list, including these five: Time Machine, Boot Camp
  • Case Study: Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise (part 2)

    But as an IT professional, I have a responsibility to my business to make sure if there is a problem, I can have quick, ready and easy answers.New applications like SWsoft's Parallels Desktop for Mac and Apple's Boot Camp have made it easier for…

Reviews

  • Parallels Desktop for Mac 5.0

    Virtualised gameplay may still behind native Windows booting, but its now considerably faster, enabling the smooth playing of many games without rebooting through Boot Camp. In fact, there's so much room for adjustment, you may find yourself…
  • VMware Fusion 3

    Click on Home, and you'll see four buttons that make it easy to work with an existing Boot Camp partition, create a new virtual machine, convert a Windows computer, or download a free virtual machine trial version of Windows (XP, Vista, or Server…
  • Apple MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) review

    Instead it sticks out enough that you wouldn't want to put the laptop in a case with the card loaded.To test overall system performance, we used our usual WorldBench 6 benchmark test in Windows, using Boot Camp to install Windows Home Premium 64-bit.
  • Apple Mac mini (Early 2009)

    We used Boot Camp to install Microsoft Windows Home Premium 64-bit on a 80GB partition of the 120GB drive, and then ran our usual real-world performance benchmark: WorldBench 6. Apple could be accused of being parsimonious with its 1GB RAM offering…
  • Hitachi Travelstar 7K320 notebook drive review

    Looking more closely, sequential writes almost doubled in speed, from 41MB/s to 81MB/s (4k blocks); and from 38MB/s to 60MB/s (256k blocks).Turning to our usual WorldBench 6 benchmark for Windows PCs, we used Boot Camp to create a 100GB partition…
  • VMware Fusion 2.0

    Apparently, it doesn't interpret input on the joystick as an indication that someone's using the machine.People who want to run PC games on their Mac typically use Apple's Boot Camp. While Flight Simulator ran on Fusion, the experience is better in…
 
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