Parallels

Thanks. I'm not much for command line stuff. I think I am going to load a WIN98 machine into Parallels and use the very old HP Jet Admin. ...

The problem is that IE was made for OS X quite a long time ago when PowerPC-based Macs were the norm. Because of this, IE for the Mac has to run under Rosetta on the Intel Macs. Rosetta is a translation mechanism that "tricks" the older OS X application into thinking that it's running on a PowerPC-based Macintosh, all the while making it so that the Intel processor can...

When starting up my mac book i am getting error message: Internet connect: the selected communication device does not exist. please verfiy your settings and try again. There doesnt seem to be actually any performance problem (i am connected) but it is simply annoying. I am running parallels, but i am not sure its related to that.

Yes, all applications I listed in the first post where running. I didn't include applications NOT running which include... System Preferences Transmit Photoshop Skype Quicktime MacCaching Parallels

cing the Novell servers with xServes. I am having a horrible time managing these printers, changing IP addresses, names, etc. On a few occasions I have run IE in parallels but that doesn't always work and when it does it is not quick. Is there an OS X utility anywhere for managing these printers from my MacBook Pro running Leopard? ...

The MacBook Air has limitations and obstacles that make it a harder to install Windows but it's not impossible. I'm sure there are those who would say, don't bother unless it's absolutely a necessity for you. Here's a YouTube tutorial but it doesn't specifically cover the MBA, but it'll be insightful anyhow. I found the following info:

Thanks, that helps. Sounds like a "no lose" situation to install Windows via Boot Camp first, so long as follow the instruction when I try to run it under Parallels. -- Joe

Yes, you can do this, and no, Parallels doesn't run any better if you install Windows XP via Parallels or via BootCamp. ...

I don't think I'm saying that at. Perhaps you misinterpreted "supposed to be bootable", by which I was simply differentiating from something that was "not supposed to be bootable", such as a pure data volume. I'm not saying an Intel Mac can boot into and run DOS programs... I'm asking if/how it can be done, and providing the information I do know in order to try to get...

only in a virtual environment like Parallels Desktop. ...