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So it sounds like most of the apps you're running read their .plists when starting up and that further access occurs only when users change...
With just about any complex software product it's best to glance at the 'sales blurb', as you call it, on your way to the real documentation. ;-)...
Are you just seeing this just with Parallels or with other apps, too? I'm guessing that you already know that a .plist file is just an app's...
Which version of Virtual PC? I recently Transported a VPC 2007 image to Parallels and also forgot to remove the Additions ahead of time. I had...
I've always believed that Apple locks things down so tightly because it's the only way they can preserve the user experience that makes them who...
Vista's Task Manager shows that nearly all of its physical memory is committed. That's never a good scenario. With only 1 GB of physical RAM,...
I had this happen once, too, after my 80 lb. Lab jumped up and yanked the Firewire cable out of my Mac (I run my .hdd on an external drive). If...
I'd be tempted to do this myself if I could get my hands on a 'real-world' app benchmarking suite for less than the price of one of my limbs. :-)...
I hear ya re: emulation. ;-) This has turned out to be a really interesting thread, huh? BTW - I was checking out the docs for VMWare's new...
FWIW, earlier today I was reading a VMWare white paper on benchmarking and VMs. I don't recall the exact URL (look at the PDFs associated with...
I guess I'm inclined to agree. As you point out, there's got to be some sort of internal mapping going on, which can't be free, performance-wise....
Ah, thx for the info re: Mach & affinity. I second the motion for feedback from Parallels regarding how they emulate their virtual CPU. It'd be...
No, there won't be any performance increase by running a VM from a separate partition on the same physical disk which hosts OS X. Physical access...
The desire to run OS X on OS X isn't unconventional at all; it's just not permitted by Apple. It's too bad, really, because Win/Lin folks do this...
I wouldn't worry too much about the Real vs. Virtual memory readings in Activity Monitor. All OSs optimize physical RAM by paging...
I don't view it as losing half of my RAM, since I've equipped the mini with enough to keep both OS X and XP happy. I've learned over the years...
You're quite correct about gaining the 'separate disk advantage' if Boot Camp and OS X are on different drives. I was targeting the most common...
Running a VM from a separate physical hard drive almost always offers a performance gain. Disk I/O is typically an OS's main performance...
Actually the plot is a bit thicker. In addition to the UI glitz in XP and Vista, each version of the NT line has incorporated a significant...
I'd probably use 10.x.y.z addressing (w/the default subnet mask of 255.0.0.0) on one LAN and 192.168.x.y addressing (w/the default subnet mask of...
