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Boot camp defineatley, parallels will have to process windows and mac os X at the same time

matt wrote:

Install in Boot Camp. Then use VMWare instead of Parallels.

That will let you boot natively into Windows to run games and use VMWare to run Windows while booted into OS X.

Note that Hibernation mode won't work when switching.

I keep wondering which to use as well. Though VMware seems better...

I don't know. It's not like either one would bankrupt me. I just don't mind restarting and using bootcamp. Though it would be very useful for my wife to have it. We are thinking of getting her an Air Mac and imaging her work laptop on it.

Cube Dude wrote:

So, just in case any of you are using Parallels with PC games out there, how well does it work? Would I be better off using Boot Camp instead?

I prefer to use combination of Parallels Desktop + BootCamp as 33specter does.
No doubts, BootCamp is the best app for gaming! (objectively)
Parallels Desktop is the best app for working in Windows apps! (for me)
So if we use them in combo we get all the best!
I run some games thru Parallels Desktop. But these are the games with pretty low system requirements. Check the list of the games on Parallels official web-site: http://www.parallels.com/en/products/de … atures/3d/.
Yes, if you decide to get Parallels Desktop follow 33specter's advice to get the opportunity of their new "Break into spring" offer!
Good luck!

I like the look of Parallels, so I've been trying it and I'll keep using it if I don't have any trouble. I've tried playing games in it and the game usually refuses to run. I was able to get Unreal: Nai Pali to run in a window inside Parallels, but that's a pretty old game.

Yeah, plan on rebooting for games and just use the VM for applications that don't have to take over the whole machine to run.

I use parallels and I like it. As I play a bit I use Bootcamp very rarely. Parallels is enough for me.

I think that VM ware is the way to go if you can't afford to re-boot.  If you are going to use windows for gaming only, then just go with Boot-Camp.  I think it's important to have both though, and VM ware will allow you to use your boot camp partition.

maleko wrote:

I think that VM ware is the way to go if you can't afford to re-boot.  If you are going to use windows for gaming only, then just go with Boot-Camp.  I think it's important to have both though, and VM ware will allow you to use your boot camp partition.

Well, Boot Camp is more simplistic and provides less flexibility. Optional for games and provides good speed.
Parallels is at least as good as VM Ware, if not better. I consider Parallels to be more consumer-oriented

Knowledge base is nice. I used it to find a solution how to make my Firewire HDD work. Parallels doesn't support Firewire but it's possible to make a shared folder on removable Firewire HDD.

Here it is http://www.parallels.com/en/kb/

setta wrote:

Oh, great 33specter, thanks for this info about Firewire! Parallels doesn't support it, but there is a solution to run it. Perfect!

You are welcome. Feel free to ask any questions related to Parallels. But I'd advice you to stick to Parallels support forum in search for answers

Greg Grant wrote:

If gaming isn't a concern, I recommend either solution although VMware makes better use of multicore.

What do you mean by this? VMWare works better with Core 2 Duo processors? How doest this particularly shows up? What about Parallels then?