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Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa
Thanks everyone for the input. I think I'll just get another iMac and make it a dedicated Windows machine in the end. Was thinking of using my assistant's iMac but talking it over, we decided it's not practical enough to make it worthwhile.
The other option is I get a new tower Mac and then use Parallels or VM.
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Depending on the iMac it should have plenty of grunt for Virtualization. Add a second monitor to it and you can run Windows and OSX full screen, one on each monitor.
I do that on one of my boxes.
FWIW Virtualization works in combo with boot camp.
Meaning you set up boot camp as normal then tell your VM app to build a machine using the boot camp partition.
This way you have access to the dual boot windows partition without having to reboot into Windows and if you ever find a need to boot full Windows everything is synced.
Virtual Machines are a great technology. Been using them for 15 years. Makes it so simple to develop and evaluate different versions of an OS and specific appliances.
The other convenient thing is the availability of prebuilt appliances. Say you decide you need a CRM. You could go research the ones you are considering then set up a computer for one, install the CRM and waste a day configuring everything or you can go to VMware, browse their pre built appliances, download the ones you want to try and simply start them up. They come prebuilt with everything ready to go.