The Real Decision
I had a number of readers poke me about yesterday’s post on the real decision that is at play. After all, getting a new Mac is hardly worth a long-winded perspective on decision-making frameworks. And I did get the new 3.06Ghz iMac last night. Beautiful machine. Stunning industrial design.
The real decision was obviously more significant than getting a new Mac. The real decision was whether I would run Windows on the new Mac.
In my office I currently run two PCs: a Vista machine that I use for managing my personal finances and a Mac that I use for everything else. The Mac is a great platform with two gaping holes from a software perspective: gaming and personal finance. Quicken and Money on the PC are simply head and shoulders above any Canadianized personal financial management software available on the Mac.
This new Mac is my first Intel-based machine. I can run Parallels and have Windows co-exist on the Mac with little, if any, performance degradation from my current setup. And with one less box, display, keyboard and mouse in the office.
I’m just not sure how to de-activate my current Vista license so that I can install it on the Mac. I guess I will find out. And the ability to have both platforms simultaneously available is quite appealing.
My decision has been made. I will run Windows on the Mac.
There is also another big decision that I made. More on that one next week.
Hey ….
congrats on the new machine!!! I’m running XP using parallels – great experience… (not a fan of boot camp…)
here’s mine 🙂
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP31.0070.B07
SMC Version: 1.16f8
Hey Rod,
I have been thinking about giving Fusion a try instead of Parallels. This new iMac is a screamer. It also came with the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 graphics card with 512MB VRAM.
Here are the specs for the iMac 🙂
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version: 1.30f1
Fusion and Parallels are leap-frogging (as any competitors tend to do). From what I read, Fusion is “ahead” at this point…
I have used Parallels for about a year and a half and like it – I can play some game with it… (Medal of Honor level…) but its a huge memory hog.
Let me know how you like Fusion…