Parallels

Hi, I have a Garmin GPSMAP 76CSX. It's the only reason I would use Windows on my Mac (MacBook Core Du0 2.0). I am wondering if anyone used a Garmin GPS with VMWare Fusion or Parallels. I know it works with BootCamp, but it ticks me off to have to Upgrade to 10.5 just for Bootcamp for 1 piece of software... Anyhow, my 3 solutions:

XP Pro via Bootcamp my Mac Book Pro, and hadn't had many issues until lately. I upgraded Parallels as well as XP and my Mac OSX as frequently as necessary. ...

Hello Mac OSX support member, When wanting to run Windows XP Pro on a Mac system (booting up into XP, no Parallels, running ONLY windows XP) with business software, is there any downside or major plus side in using either a MacMini or iMac. Is the MacMini well suited to run XP Pro and on the other hand: would it be wiser to use an iMac... The thing is that we currently...

XP Pro via Bootcamp my Mac Book Pro, and hadn't had many issues until lately. I upgraded Parallels as well as XP and my Mac OSX as frequently as necessary. ...

WIth parallels you can install OS's with their disks. ...

http://ptn.parallels.com/en/ptn/faq/desktop/2/ Not to be rude but by simply typing "parallels install from iso" into Google youd have had the answer in seconds.

Parallels or VMWare Fusion These will run windows alongside Mac OSX and can be run on an external. You cannot run Windows on its own (Boot Camp) on an external.

Plus Mac users buying Windows licenses for BootCamp/Parallels etc. ;) But of course you're right, the market share is highly different in different areas. However it won't change that fast in the corporate area - until Apple better "gets" that world. Pages-templates won't ever persuade accountants to go all-Mac.

does require you to reboot your Mac from Mac OS X to Windows in order to use Windows applications. But performance is better than that of running Windows within Parallels or Fusion. ...

The "more expensive" thing is kind of an illusion -- it's just that Apple doesn't offer any ultra low-end Macs, whereas you can build a cheap PC for $300 or so. Feature-for-feature, though, they're pretty much on-par with each other in terms of price. Well, I'm not against Windows -- I'm all for purchasing the computer that will work for you. If you spend a lot of time...