[Ham-Mac] new iMac: parallels vs. fusion?

[Jack Brindle]

Or not. MacWorld is not next month. It is in February. Apple has  
announced that they will not be participating.

Apple stopped shipment of the 27" iMac in mid-December. The units that  
are now (or shortly will be) shipping should be just fine.

Rumors are incredible things. They can be started by anybody and may  
bear very little resemblance to the truth. Perhaps a phone call to  
Apple might shed more light than a visit to various internet sites. We  
all know how (in)accurate information on the internet can be.

Jack Brindle, W6FB


On Dec 30, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Lee J. Imber (WW2DX) wrote:

> Yep.
>
> http://gizmodo.com/5435561/my-second-imac-is-busted-too
>
> http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=841232
>
> These are just a couple of many.
>
> Might want to wait till MacWorld  next month before you purchase  
> anything.
>
> 73!
>
> Lee
> WW2DX.com
> MacHamRadio.com
>
>
> On Dec 25, 2009, at 12:59 AM, John L Merrill wrote:
>
>> Not to start any arguments but the software/firmware update didn't  
>> really work. There are still troubles with the 27" iMac.
>>
>> 73,
>> John N1JM
>> On Dec 24, 2009, at 10:53 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:
>>
>>> The advise about the 27" iMac is old and now out of date. Apple has
>>> been working very hard to correct the problem. They issued a  
>>> software
>>> update for it last week. The 27" iMac should be a very good system  
>>> at
>>> this point; I would not hesitate to buy one were I in the market...
>>>
>>> As for parallels vs fusion - be sure to also take a look at
>>> VirtualBox. It is free and works _very_ well. Also, when you buy the
>>> iMac, be sure to take a good look at the prootions available form  
>>> the
>>> vendor. I recently bought a 13" MacBook Pro, and picked up a copy of
>>> Fusion 3.0, After rebates, it was free. As other have said, free  
>>> is a
>>> very good price.
>>>
>>> You really can't go wrong with any of the three virtual systems.
>>> VirtualBox will require a bit more work if you wish to use KeySpan
>>> serial ports, but even that can be handled without too much work.
>>> Support for all three is very good.
>>>
>>> Me? I use both VirtualBox and Fusion at home and work. N1MM runs  
>>> quite
>>> well under VirtualBox. And, I will add, while Fusion comes with a  
>>> year
>>> subscription to a virus tool, I do not use it. The virtual system  
>>> does
>>> not see email, and rarely sees the internet (the exception is for  
>>> N1MM
>>> packet spots). I also have all my systems behind a good firewall. I
>>> have no problems. That also means that I have all the horsepower  
>>> of my
>>> system to run programs instead of sacrificing much of it (typically
>>> 50%) that the virus apps take.
>>>
>>> Jack Brindle, W6FB
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 24, 2009, at 10:26 PM, John L Merrill wrote:
>>>
>>>> The reviews say Parallels is better and faster. I run 4.0 not the
>>>> new 5.0 yet and i like it with XP.
>>>> Don't buy the new 27" iMac. They are having troubles with the
>>>> monitors. Apparently the 20.5" one is ok.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> John N1JM
>>>> late 2008 MacBook pro
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 24, 2009, at 9:19 PM, EZ Rhino wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 	OK gang,
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like I'm taking the plunge.  I'm going to be ordering a new
>>>>> iMac in the next day or so.  I currently have an older iMac and  
>>>>> run
>>>>> MLDX and CocoaModem; really looking forward to the new MLDX.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm also excited to start running OSX and XP and using XP to run  
>>>>> some
>>>>> windows apps such as N1MM.  What is the consensus, parallels or
>>>>> fusion?  Anything I need to know before I buy?  Looks like there  
>>>>> are
>>>>> some rebates that make parallels almost free if I order it with  
>>>>> the
>>>>> computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>> KF7P
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> OH yeah, Merry Christmas!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
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