Set up Windows as a boot camp partition, and point Parallels at it. Gets the best of both world - a OS X mounted Windows partition AND no duplication of files. The added advantage is that you can boot to Windows in the rare instance that something does not run in the VM environment.
The bad part is a corrupt Windows requires a complete reinstall, unlike copying the VM file over.
ScottMac
· 2 years ago
The bad part is a corrupt Windows requires a complete reinstall, unlike copying the VM file over.
The other bad part being that it requires actual hard drive space, instead of compressed. An 80gb VM only takes 20gb of Mac space, as opposed to an actual 80gb for BootCamp. :) Not to mention you lose the functionality to write to the Mac side from Windows (unless you use a 3rd party app).
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The bad part is a corrupt Windows requires a complete reinstall, unlike copying the VM file over.
The other bad part being that it requires actual hard drive space, instead of compressed. An 80gb VM only takes 20gb of Mac space, as opposed to an actual 80gb for BootCamp.
:)
Not to mention you lose the functionality to write to the Mac side from Windows (unless you use a 3rd party app).