Parallels decidedly doesn’t suck
I was messing around with Beta 3 Beta 4 of the Parallels VM environment for Intel OS X.
Dayamn.
I got Windows XP SP2 plus Cygwin plus Visual Studio 2005 on there without a hitch. And it’s fast. CD, network and sound all works perfectly. I’m a fan. Can’t wait until the final release.
It kicks the shit out of the QEmu-based turds:
- OpenOSX WinTel for Mac OS X. I actually paid money for this. I’m not sure it was even worth the time I spent downloading it. A crappy interface, and the product basically doesn’t work. Got as far as installing Windows XP SP2, (after like three attempts), went to install updates and “some of the updates could not be installed”. Winner.
- Q. Despite staking out a letter of the alphabet, and a small amount of graphic design sensibility, these guys couldn’t even boot the Windows XP SP2 disc.
This is the Open Source way. Provide a product that works on your own machine, and not anywhere else. Quality is a secondary concern to the technical masturbation. Well, enjoy it. I hope you spend my $25 on making the product better.
Note that I didn’t provide a link to those jerks. Not going to give them the satisfaction. And I do apologize if this is harsh, I really do — but when the stuff just fundamentally doesn’t work, I don’t have a lot of compassion.
