I received e-mail from a customer that runs [link=http://rcflightsim.com]ClearView[/link] on his new dual boot mac using product called parallels. Here is what he explained to me:

- Apple has had for some time a free program named Bootcamp. Using this program the Intel Mac owner can boot into either (Windows XP or Windows Vista) or OSX, but not both OS's at the same time. I tried a number of Windows games including Quake 4 and they run without problems. I have a 24 inch iMac and playing Quake is neat on the very clear 24 inch screen. So, ClearView will run without problems with Boot Camp. Problems is you have to reboot to get to OSX. Also when you are running Windows you are open to all the problems Windows has, viruses, etc. I program in Windows because I have to. I will not go on line in Windows mode because my contract states that I will ensure that the program I wrote is free of anything. The only way that I can ensure that is to never go on line with a clean Windows install. I
program using Borland C++ with Windows XP with the internet disabled. This has worked will for me for a number of years.


Using Parallels the user actually has both OSX and Windows running at the same time. Now that version 3.0 has come out yesterday we can run graphic programs like ClearView, Quake 4, etc under XP or Vista. There is even a mode that completely hides the Windows window. This might sound weird but what we end up with is OSX with ClearView running in a window just as it were running under OSX. Neat stuff!

Parallels also allows running Linux in the same manner as Windows. I have Windows XP running with OSX in the background with Thunderbird running. In this way I can use ClearView while XP has NO internet access. However OSX and Thunderbird are active and will let me know if I have new email.

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