Installed in Parallels

[Foamcow]

I've got it running under Parallels on an iMac.

Assigned 1Gb RAM and a tiny HDD (just for tests).
I'm quite impressed with the speed so far. Seems quite nippy.

Windows Experience score is only 1.0 though due to the graphics limitations - the version of Parallels I have doesn't support 3D acceleration. Everything else was scoring around 4.5 - 5.9

Can't get it to recognise the network adapter yet though.

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[Foamcow]

Just a follow up.

I resolved the Network driver issue as follows:

With Windows 7 running in a virtual machine, select "Install Parallels Tools" from the Actions Menu of Parallels.

This will mount a CD volume within Windows 7 and ask if you wish to autorun it.

Do not autorun.

Next go to Windows 7/Control Panels/System/Hardware Devices and find the networking card (it will have an alert next to it). Right click it and select Install Driver then navigate to the Parallels Tools CD/Drivers/Networking and let it look for the driver there.

That should be it.

Interestingly I also installed Windows 7 under Sun's Virtual Box for OSX and the Networking worked right away - but I can't select the proper screen res.

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