leo laporte has mentioned parallels several times in the twit podcasts. a windows version was mentioned so i thought i would at least check out the trial version. it was as fast as they claim, but i couldn’t get any internet connection out of it. the laptop i tried it on is less than a year old.

it’s not as far along as the mac version, but not ready for windows.

i was told about virtualbox so i installed it to try it out also. it couldn’t get through the goblin iso i have around for vm tests.

neither one is ready for primetime.

i did try vmware a few months ago, an after it installed kitchen sink drivers that are probably so buried on my system they’ll still be there long after this machine is in a landfill, it worked. but way too much overhead.

i’m starting to think the more linux specific jumpboxes have more potential than a full blown vm.

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