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    Bootcamp AND parallels?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by crbauhs, Jun 27, 2009.

  1. crbauhs

    crbauhs Notebook Geek

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    So I have been curious. I have boot camp installed on my Mac, and it runs good enough for me. However, I hate having to restart my comp to just use word or something easy like that. So can I run VMWares, or Parallels on a pre made bootcamp drive? Like it will already have my Vista loaded, my word, my installs and updates and Virsu protection? If so that would be a great help to me. And If I do, how much RAM should I dedicate to it?
     
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    Vogelbung I R Judgemental

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    Yes. 2Gb is a good idea, but it will run in 1.
     
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    crbauhs Notebook Geek

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    So does that mean I can do that? Run Parallels or some program that is the same, from the boot camp hard drive
     
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    Budding, Jun 27, 2009
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