Just picked up a MacPro It's great! Only problem I am having is getting set up with parallels. (windows XP)I get the black screen and a print that say's. Your CPU suppports intel Virtualization technology (VT-x) but it is currently disabled (Locked by firmware). Virtual machine will be stated without VT-x support (In software virtulization mode). Try to do the following: stop your VM, put your mac to sleep and wake it up again to unlock VT-x then start your VM again. This might as well be a foreign language, Can anyone please translate. Thanks GAry[
There's a bug in the Apple firmware in the Mac Pro that prevents the hardware virtualization support that's built into the processor from being used. Since you will be running a VM (Virtual Machine) to install your guest OS, hardware virtualization support will let your VM run directly on the processor hardware. Without Vt-X support, software emulation is required, which is many times slower. Sometimes, putting your Mac to sleep and waking it up will allow getting around the Apple bug and allow Vt-X to work, speeding up your VM.
