| http://www.lifehacker.com/soft...rallels-workstation-170352.php | Date: 4/28/2006 7:00 PM |
Parallels Workstation allows Intel Mac users to run Windows, Linux and many other OSs inside of Mac OS X. However it's a bit complicated. The Unofficial Apple Weblog has put together a how-to specifically to demystify the process.
In order to run an OS inside of another, we need to create what's called a 'virtual machine,' which is more or less a configuration file Parallels Workstation uses to allow any Guest OSs (such as Windows and Ubuntu) to run inside the Host OS (in our case: Mac OS X) and use various system components like USB ports and ethernet/Airport access. If you decide to install more than one Guest OS, you will need to create a VM (virtual machine) for each one.
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