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Running Parallels and Windows on an iMac

Does anyone here have any experience running Parallels or heard much about it? What kind of virus/malware/spyware/etc. risks are there?

We're about to buy it for my Intel iMac at the office, and I'm wondering what to expect.

TOPICS: Mac OS X
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from what I understand due...

akr95;8626 wrote:
from what I understand due to the "virtual" environment it shouldn't impact on your Mac environment.

Kim is exactly right. If you are only needing to run an app or two, you might look at Crossover which runs just enough virtualization to run individual apps. I use this for testing IE6 and IE7 for web design and it works pretty well. That being said, your particular application might not be fully supported, so caveat emptor.

 
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