Feedback Request - Using Parallels 9 for Mac

[Rick Cromi]

I use Parallels 9 for Mac on my home Macbook Pro.
Impact is negligible.  The full screen RDP is annoying in version 9, though.  Was much better in previous versions, but Parallels was adamant that version 9 was necessary with Mavericks.

I am a bit confused by your original premise for doing this, though.
If you spent the same amount of money on PCs/laptops that you're going to spend on Macbooks, you should easily be able to get machines with the processing power you need.  In fact you could match the Macbook's processor and RAM for less money than you'll spend on the Macs.

Rick Cromi
Stark County District Library

From: Jim LeFager [mailto:jameslefager at GMAIL.COM]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 11:01 AM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Feedback Request - Using Parallels 9 for Mac

Hi,
Is anyone out there using Parallels 9 for Mac?  Do you have any feedback on running this?  The PC laptops that we are able to purchase for staff don't have the processing power that we need, but we can order Macbook pros and configure them as needed.  A new staff member needs more processing power than what we can get on the PCs, but also needs to use native Windows Microsoft Office tools and a few other windows programs.  Using Parallels would solve this we think, but are there any implications for speed, or performance? Remote Desktop is also an option, but they will need a reliable way to change back and forth between operating systems

Thanks in advance

Jim LeFager

Web Applications Librarian
DePaul University
jlefager at depaul.edu<mailto:jlefager at depaul.edu>

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