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    Do I need bootcamp to use parallels?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by 00fez, Jul 8, 2007.

  1. 00fez

    00fez Notebook Deity

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    I've used windows through boot camp succesfully. Anyway it's kinda time consuming to reboot, so could i delete boot camp and install parallels? if i want to use the new coherence mode, do i need boot camp?

    Thanks again for answering my dumb newbie questions :p
     
    00fez, Jul 8, 2007
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    no you do not need boot camp.
     
    expo25kr, Jul 8, 2007
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    No, Boot Camp is not necessary to use Parallels (or VMWare, for that matter).
     
    Sam, Jul 8, 2007
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    But you may not want to wipe your BootCamp partition until you install Parallels, because it allows you to create a virtual OS from a BootCamp partition, so that should make the transfer more seamless.
     
    surfacewound, Jul 8, 2007
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  5. 00fez

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    Right, thanks a lot guys!
     
    00fez, Jul 8, 2007
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