Re: Re: Homeseer on a mac...finally

["Ho Yin Ng" <architect.hoyin@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just re - read your email and note that you are using a Mac BOOK Pro
- not
a Mac Pro desktop machine!

I am impressed. I need a couple of months before I make the choice to
purchase a new machine so please keep me updated on your progress with
Parallel.

I am currently using the full fat Autocad 2007 with Architectural Desktop
on
a P4 3GHZ with 2GB ram. It is useable, not amazing but fast enough. I would
expect Parallel to match this? Or perhaps exceed it a little?

Many thanks,

Ho yin

On 17/01/07, jeyellok <johnflamont@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Ho yin,
>
> Autocad was the second app i used once parallels was loaded. I created
two
> simple plan
> drawings, saved without a hitch. It was the baby dongle-less AutoCAD,
not
> the fat beastie.
>
> I am running a MacBook Pro 2GHz, core duo, with 1GB ram which is very
mean
> on memory
> because OSX likes ram although it swaps memory to HD well. An extra
1GB is
> on the cards
> if the tests prove successful. So far with Homeseer and Ambient's VWS
> running within
> Parallels and no other mac app running, Parallels runs the CPU about
30%
> of one core
> which was less than i expected. This flicked-up to 1.1 cores whth VWS
> ftp'ing some jpegs
> and HS running some light scripts and speaking the weather. I was
> impressed it all took so
> little of the CPU. Memory was grabbed a lot, Parallels is using
>2GB, but
> because OS X
> uses swapspace efficiently, the laptop is still very functional for
> browsing etc. Not tried
> much else so far in OS X at the same time.
>
> My benchmark is an Athlon XP 3200 with 4 or so GB of RAM, fast drives
and
> a reasonable
> video card (it was 3 years ago, so it likley won't run Vista's
> calculator). Back to back i'd say
> the Laptop runs HS 10-20% faster - noticeable, but not stunning.
>
> John
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>, "Ho Yin
Ng" <
> architect.hoyin@...> wrote:
> >
> > ~Wow nice - thanks for introducing me to that!
> >
> > I wonder how well it can run Autocad?
> >
> > I might be buying a nice desktop mac soon if it can!
> >
> > But is Homeseer very memory / CPU intensive?
> >
> > Ho yin
> >
> > On 17/01/07, Kevin Hawkins <lists@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi John, I must admit a quiet dual OS machine is very
appealing . Just
> > > wondering what are the features for communication between
the Mac and
> > > Windows OS - I'm guessing you have shared disk directories
and that
> cut
> > > and paste work OK but is there anything more inbuilt to
Parrallels ?
> > > Also thinking that you could use some form of IP
communications
> > > between the two for realtime communication ... now if there
was a HA
> > > protocol based on TCP or UDP that opens another possibility
;-)...
> > >
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > > jeyellok wrote:
> > > > Been a bit of a lurker for many years on the forum.
With others help
> and
>
>
>


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