MacBook Pro :: Bootcamp And Parallels - Recommended Partitions?
Oct 19, 2010
Im thinking of buying a mac, i've always used a windows pc though. Im gonna see what happends tommorow at the mac event but I want a Mac Book Pro. i want to dualboot mac os and windows 7 using bootcamp, parrallels, and refit. I've been doing some research on it and I would like some expert opinions on recommended settings to partition the disk. should I do 50/50 split or what? I'll either get a 320 or 500gb hard drive. I also see that some people split it three ways and have a 3rd partition for shared files, such as music, documents, ect. is this recommended or is this not really needed to share files between the 2 OS's? I'll probably be using windows OS more often or atleast use parallels alot until i get the hang of mac os. I also want to be able to sync itunes on both the windows and mac os, so it doesnt madder which operating system im on if i want to listen, download or sync my ipod, is there a way to do this? And lastly, I use outlook to download my comcast email via pop3. Is there a way to sync outlook in windows and outlook for mac between the partitions? I can not find any answers to this question online. Any opinions, recommendations, or thoughts about these subjects or buying my first mac in general is welcome.
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Sep 7, 2010
I want to be able to boot into both osx and win 7 and i'd also like to be able to run win7 apps from within osx. Do I need to do a boot camp installation (for dual boot), and a parrallels/fusion install (to run apps within osx) to achieve this or will one method allow me to do both? I want to create a 200gb partition for windows and want to be able to see windows files from osx.
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Aug 17, 2007
Trying to get my boss to agree to let me have a MBP. I will have to run Windows for access to Access and I just wondered if anyone could recommend which way to go: VMFusion or Parallels? Or perhaps Boot Camp.... although I would prefer, ideally, to have both Win and OX running at the same time, rather than having to choose at boot-up.
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Mar 29, 2009
I recently installed VMware and Windows 7 on my iMac, all is running well but I have read some threads that some users are running Fusion in a BootCamp partition. Is there an advantage to having a BootCamp partition, and is it recommended?
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Jun 11, 2009
My machine:
- MacBook Pro (Pre-Unibody)
- 2.4 Ghz Intel C2D
- 4 GB RAM 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
- 320 GB Seagate HD
I am trying to partition my hard drive into 4 partitions. However, I can't get Windows working with more than 2 partitions. I know that there is some way to get this to work, I just haven't been able to find the necessary hack/guide. To make matters more complicated, my Windows partition is set over 32 GB, in fact, it is about 80 GB. I'm willing to completely re-install everything and completely repartition my hard drive to get this to work. I just would like to know of a sure fire step by step way to get this setup working. 3 Partitions HFS+ and 1 partition for Windows XP SP3 = 4 partitions.
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Aug 13, 2009
I'm waiting for the UPS guy to deliver my 500GB Hitachi HDD. Basically what I want is:
3 Partitions:
50GB for Mac OSX (HFS+)
50GB for Win7 (NTFS)
400GB for Data and stuff... (HFS+)
and be able to boot with Bootcamp. Is it possible?
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Apr 21, 2010
I am merely hours away from making my first mac purchase! I have settled on the 15" 2.4 i5. This should be more than enough computing power for my needs in the next 3-4 years. However I was wondering if I will be able set up parallels 5 AND bootcamp and just choose when to use one or the other? If I am able to do this, would anyone recommend it?
My thinking is that, many of my windows programs are not very demanding(rosetta stone, ms office, etc...) and it would be more convenient to switch back and forth using parallels. Boot camp, from what I've read on a few previous threads, would be more suited for some casual gaming or more demanding tasks(engineering program/reservoir modeling program) on windows. So what do you recommend? Bootcamp, parallels, or both(if this works)? On a side note: is purchasing from Ebay with 8% cashback from bing the best deal going for the base 15"?
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Dec 22, 2008
I was planning on installing Win7 on it and using Parallels for the times I have no Mac option (specific games or apps).
Should I install it as a boot camp partition and then link it in Parallels or just do a clean VM install in Parallels? I'm curious as to what the experiences are and what is my best course of action when my machine shows up.
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Mar 26, 2009
I tried to do a search with no luck perhaps it's because i didn't use the right keywords.
I m running my iMac with bootcamp Vista, now i created the partition with bc for windows. I am thinking about creating more partitions within the windows drive. Is it as simple as installing partition magic? or are there other features within the mac that can create the partitions for me.
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Jun 19, 2010
Can one remove a boot camp partition. How many partitions can be defined.
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Jul 11, 2009
Do I have to install a Windows 7/RC build on Bootcamp before I can use it with Parallels? Or if I already have it on bootcamp, I have to install it all over again with Parallels? And I was thinking of only having RC as my secondary OS until my Windows 7 disc comes. When that happens, do I just delete all my RC stuff from bootcamp to make room for Windows 7? I'd also lose all my documents and whatnot right since I can't upgrade to Windows 7 from an RC.
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Aug 6, 2009
i currently have 1 XP partition of 60GB on my uMBP, and the other 260GB is used for OSX. I now want to partition off 80GB for a Windows 7 OS. Bootcamp only seems to allow 1 partition, solution?
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Nov 9, 2009
Is it possible to create a couple of bootcamp partitions?
I'd like to try Windows 7 but I'd like to be able to keep the XP partition as well.
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Apr 14, 2010
I know this sounds silly and I'm fairly confident that it's false, but a friend of mine told me Bootcamp partitions your hardware specs. In other words your RAM is reduced to 2GBs rather than 4GB and your video card is split from 512MB to 256MB, etc. I really think he's confusing this with VMware Fusion or possibly Parallels but I wanted to make sure that I wasn't too stupid to think he's right.
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Jul 20, 2009
So apparently in OSX, you have to manually tell the MBP when you want to use the higher end GPU (for graphics-intensive activities). I think this is pretty dumb - the system should do this for you. But anyway, if you're running Windows under BootCamp or Parallels, does Windows automatically use the higher end GPU, or how does that work exactly?
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Mar 19, 2012
Can you advice BootCamp or Parallels Desktop, which one is best options.
Info:
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 30, 2012
I own a MacBook Pro 13 [mid 2009]. I've upgraded it to 8gb ram. My problem is I'm not able to decide if I should install windows 7 using parallels 7 or bootcamp. Also will it slow down the machine.
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jul 2, 2010
I need install windows 7 on my mac (for some windows only programs). I would like to create a partition via bootcamp to run Windows 7 on my mac. I would also like to use that same partition on Parallels 5.
I am looking for a way to LINK the bootcamp partition to Parallels 5 so I can use Windows 7 on parallels when I am need of "light" programs and just boot to Windows 7 when I need more intensive programs. I have NOT installed windows 7 via Bootcamp or Parallels yet.
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May 31, 2012
I want to run a PC Creative Memories software on my macbook pro. Is it better to use Parallel program or use boot camp and Windows 7?
Info:
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Sep 18, 2009
I have a 17 MacBook Pro and am a diehard Mac fan. However, there are a few Windows programs that I need to run at home, so I set up another login ID and added Parallels Desktop 4.0, along with Windows XP and the few Windows programs I need, to that new login account (ie, distinct from my primary Mac account that I do all of my Mac work out of). This setup works great.
Three Questions:
1)Is there any advantage to run Parallels in that separate account, or should I just consolidate Parallels into my primary account? I set up the separate account for Parallels thinking that it would keep my primary account safer and more stable, but perhaps I am completely wrong.
I now need to add a program for work that involves remote access to work computers via PC software.
2) Is there an advantage to set this up to run in Boot Camp (rather than Parallels)? I am assuming that it will run faster there. Also, will this keep the rest of my Mac safer than if I run it in Parallels?
3) If I set my work PC program to run in Boot Camp, will my personal Parallels programs in the separate Mac login account still run fine, or will they somehow conflict with each other?
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Apr 8, 2009
Not sure how accurate title is, but I need some help here, By friday would be best. I have an 80GB HDD, so I'm a little bit crammed for space. My biggest problem with space is operating systems. I use parallels to run a few OSs, 20GB worth are on the HDD. My problem is that sometimes I need to boot up in only one OS, using Boot Camp, and sometimes I just want to use parallels. Because I don't have a lot of space I can't just install them each twice, that would be half my HDD! I'm looking for a way to use the same OS to boot up in parallels or Boot Camp. Now from what I understand parallels allows you to boot up your OS located in other partitions to run next to Mac.
Am I correct? Assuming I am correct, I have another problem. I am always needing different amounts of space, so setting a permeant space for each (partitioning) doesn't fly. (I know I can just make the Boot Camp partition large then use it for my Mac as well, but that just won't do either). When you boot the Boot Camp partition up in parallels how does HDD space work? So I need to be able to adjust the partitioned space without having to erase it. Is that possible? Is there any way to boot the computer into a different OS that is on the same partition as Leopard? One last question. Is there any way to boot the computer into a different OS by using an external drive?
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Jun 29, 2009
I just installed bootcamp on my machine. I didn't think I would need to run both osx and xp at the same time but parallels is looking good to me right now. Since I already installed xp via boot camp, can I just download parallels from their site and be able to run both OS's at the same time, I could not find this information on their site.
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Jul 14, 2009
If I am running xp on bootcamp, is it possible to install parallels and then just run xp I installed or do I have to install the xp all over again for parallels?
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Oct 9, 2009
I have been debating on gettiing either bootcamp or parallels for my Macbook Pro so I can run certain programs I have left over from my old PC. I do not know much of the difference between the two. I believe parallels can run both Mac OS X and Windows at the same time but thats about it. Also, if there is something better than either of these please mention it.
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Mar 23, 2010
Which should I use to run games like GTA 4 or HL2 on a 2.93 MP with a 4870
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Aug 15, 2010
Just got an iMac and need to run some of my old Windows stuff. I've gathered that Parallels is the best virtual solution, but I'm confused: Do you need Bootcamp in order to run Parallels, or can you just run Parallels?
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Dec 31, 2007
I have heard that both Parallels and BootCamp are good programs to run Windows on a Mac. But, I have recently found out that there is also something called Fusion that also works. Which is better? Parallels,BootCamp, or Fusion? My guess is that Parallels works the best. At least that's my opinion just from browsing around and comparing the differences. As I don't even own a Mac (January 2008).
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Sep 6, 2007
With all the new software partitions available for the mac for users to be able to utilize any Windows OS on their Mac, many ask what about all the viruses that comes from windows? Will the Mac still be protected even though Windows is running on it? does the Mac saying "114,000 viruses, not for a Mac," still stand? Give me your input.
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Sep 9, 2010
With some advice from this forum I've now setup vista on a bootcamp partition and have pointed parallels at this installation which all works well. When I boot into vista I have the proper Radeon driver installed and can play games fine on max settings at the highest resolution, however if I try to run a windows game from Parallels in OSX it defaults to the Parallels video driver and 640x480 resolution. Is there any way of running games at full screen/full settings from osx or will I have to reboot into windows each time?
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Oct 26, 2010
I worried about getting windows 7, I have been reading the forums, and I keep seeing that if I run windows through boot camp to use the full power (for games) I need one licence of windows. But then if I want to run parallels with windows I will need two licences of windows? Is this true.
I'm also confused if I can do that .... Use boot camp for windows games, but then use parallels for documents and low spec items. Please help, I'm getting my new iMac very soon and I'm very worried.
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