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I’m totally loving Parallels! It’s giving me the opportunity to try out Linux without any fear … for instance, today I decided to install Ubuntu Linux (more on why later), but for no obvious reason, a bit of the way into the install it just froze. I just stopped the virtual machine, recreated the disk image and tried again (this time ending in success).

I like Ubuntu 6.06 better than Suse 10.1 thus far, although I haven’t spent enough time with either to make an informed decision; maybe it’s because the former feels a little more Mac like!

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Useful tips for working with Parallels from Dave Shea (Virtual Machine Tips):

Upon installing (and activating) a fresh copy of Windows and all your various applications, make a duplicate of this file. It’ll be a gigabyte or two in size, depending on how much you’ve added, but you can easily store it on a backup drive or DVD.

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As the proud owner of a MacBook Pro, I have finally had the opportunity to give Parallels Desktop a try. I have thus far installed Free BSD 6.1, Suse Linux 10.1, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. All have worked flawlessly and have run at totally acceptable speeds (I have used VirtualPC in the past and found it generally to be so slow as to be unusable).

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