Feedback Request - Using Parallels 9 for Mac

[Jim LeFager]

Hi Rick,
While we can spend the same money, our PC laptop choices only allow for two
options from the Dell latitude series.  We can't request or configure any
other machines, and our options are somewhat limited when it comes to
PCs/laptops.

Thanks to all for the responses and feedback.  We will most likely go the
Mac route and use Parallels, and your feedback helped reinforce this

Jim




On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Rick Cromi <rcromi at starklibrary.org>wrote:

>  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
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> *Subject:* [WEB4LIB] Feedback Request - Using Parallels 9 for Mac
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>
>
> 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
>
>
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