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Stinky The Clown

(68,461 posts) Mon May 14, 2012, 03:24 PM May 2012

Does anyone here use Parallels?

I have a Windows "machine" on my MacPro. It is now running Win7 under Parallels 6. I also upgraded an older Parallels Vista machine to Win7.

I want to rename the former Vista machine. Right now it is named "Vista1" ( I am SOOOOO creative). I want to name it something to indicate it is now a Win7 machine. Do i just name the file that is actually the "machine" or do I need to do something else?

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Does anyone here use Parallels? (Original Post) Stinky The Clown May 2012 OP

I had problems when I tried to rename my Paralells virtual machine rocktivity May 2012 #1

Maybe that's why there's not one single reference to it when I google search. Stinky The Clown May 2012 #2

better than windowz 2000 ChairmanAgnostic May 2012 #3

I have used both Parallels and VMWare Fusion Stinky The Clown May 2012 #4

rocktivity

(44,883 posts)

1. I had problems when I tried to rename my Paralells virtual machine

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2012, 10:47 PM

May 2012

I don't recommend it.

rocktivity

Stinky The Clown

(68,461 posts)

2. Maybe that's why there's not one single reference to it when I google search.

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #1)

Tue May 15, 2012, 11:03 PM

May 2012

Its really an anal retentive thing with me. It bothers me that it is named Vista! and has Win 7 on it.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

3. better than windowz 2000

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #2)

Thu May 17, 2012, 09:48 AM

May 2012

I tried parallels and quit using it.

Stinky The Clown

(68,461 posts)

4. I have used both Parallels and VMWare Fusion

Reply to ChairmanAgnostic (Reply #3)

Thu May 17, 2012, 11:02 AM

May 2012

About the same. As a company, we settled on Parallels.

Parallels and Win7 has allowed us to run AutoDesk's Revit, which is a resource hog 3D CAD program. It runs faster on our MacPros with Parallels than it does on some Windows machines.

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