Parrallels Is Amazing

I thought I'd give Parallels a shot. For those of you who don't are completely off the radar, it is the software that everyone is talking about for the new Intel chip based Macs that allows you to run Windows and the Mac OS at the same time (without rebooting). OK, for those of you who know me, you're probably thinking to yourself why does he care he doesn't even have a Mac. Well, I don't care about that exactly, what I care about is there is a Windows version that allows me to run Linux with out doing a stupid (and frankly scary) dual boot system. In fact, I am running both right now and just happen to be in SUSE 10.1 (Linux) writing this blog entry. What is cool about this VM (virtual machine) technology that it is portable. You can throw it on an external HD and take it to any machine running Parallels Workstation.

Another mobile VM type technology I'm testing out is the Mojopac v1.0 that was recently released. It's so new, they don't even have their store open yet. The trial is 30 days or 99 boots and goes for around 30 buck (but supposedly is going up after the first month) You can basically have a windows to go on any removable storage device. Cool idea for an Ipod. Think about putting your Itunes and other music software right on the Ipod and being able to run in on any computer you plug into to charge up. So far I've noticed a few quirks, but it is still an amazing idea.

Recently I bought a new 2Gig thumb drive that had the U3 technology. I thought it was going to be cool but was very disappointed. It is limited to a handful of portable apps that you can download from the u3 website. Also, it failed to boot up every time I inserted the stick. I promptly uninstalled it and luckily heard about Mojopac shortly after, which was everything I thought U3 was going to be.