Today I finally got around to installing Windows 7 on my Mac. I just started up Parallels. First I let it search for the disc image on my external hard drive automatically. But for some reason it didn't see it or it was just taking too long. So just dragged the disk image onto the Parallels. And it recognized it immediately. Asked me a few basic setup questions and started with the installation routine. I was expecting a really lengthy installation routine as one is used to under Windows. But under Parallels the installation went super fast. Within 10 minutes the expanding and installation was done. Just a few Windows setup questions, one simple restart and Windows was running on my Mac. I tested right away if I could access my online classes on the WIFI learning platform. And it worked without any issues. Didn't get any sound though, but that could be due to the fact that the update procedure hadn't run yet. Having Windows run on your Mac just like a native Mac App takes a little getting used to, but so far I'm really liking it. There are 2 things I've noticed so far: under Parallels that was the fastest Windows install I've ever seen and under Parallels Windows 7 runs at least 3 or 4 times faster than on a PC. That's a huge bonus point in my book.
When I took a closer look at the Windows version I got. It turns out that it is a Dell OEM, but as far as I can tell. It is a full version of Windows 7. So it is one of those copies that you see all over Amazon. But as long as it works, I really couldn't care less.
Next had to run the Windows update routine. And that, as all Windows users know, can take quite some time. Here it definitely comes in handy to have a 100 Mbit internet connection. The download was done quite quickly. The installation of 174 system updates not so much. But that's what you have to go trough and there's not really a way around that. So far I'm fine with it. The only thing I question is, why did I put up that long with my old laptop, when I could have had it that easy...running 2 systems on my MacBook Pro while taking advantage of the Mac's features and hardware.
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