Parallels - Windows 7 (32 bit or 64 bit) or XP ?

I have an imac quad core i7, with 8 gb or RAM.

I"m curious if anyone know what would give me the best preformace. Running logos 4 in Parallels on Win xp, or windows 7? If windows 7, should I get the 32 bit or 64 bit?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

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Terry Poperszky

I have an imac quad core i7, with 8 gb or RAM.

I"m curious if anyone know what would give me the best preformace. Running logos 4 in Parallels on Win xp, or windows 7? If windows 7, should I get the 32 bit or 64 bit?

Well, I am running windows 7 (64 bit) in VMWare, and I tried Parallels last week as well. I am completely happy with how well it runs L4. I haven't done speed testing between the 32 and 64 bit, but since 64 bit is here to stay, I choose to go that way. It works just fine for me. BTW, parallel had a slight speed edge with L4 over Fusion 3.1 and seemed to handle the video a tad bit better as well. But not enough that I was willing to move from spend 49.99 moving from Fusion.

Dale Eads

I'm currently running it in a Windows 7 32 bit VM without a problem on a 24" Core 2 Duo iMac 3.06 GHz with 4 Gb RAM using Parallels. I'm with Terry, though, about 64 bit. It doesn't cost any extra, so why not, you know?

Jack Caviness

I"m curious if anyone know what would give me the best preformace. Running logos 4 in Parallels on Win xp, or windows 7? If windows 7, should I get the 32 bit or 64 bit?

See this thread, especially the post by John Fidel near the beginning of the thread and the first two posts at the top of page 2.

Optimal Settings for Running Parallels on Mac for L4

The is at least one other recent thread on this forum discussing RAM and processor settings for Parallels 5.