Well, unfortunately the super-setup (installing Windows Vista as a Boot Camp option on a Macintosh, and then also specifying it as a Parallels Desktop for Mac VM) isn’t as I had hoped. Here’s the quick version:

• OS X + Windows Vista via Boot Camp 1.2 = No Problem
• OS X + Windows Vista via Parallels (not using a Boot Camp Partition) = No Problem

Here’s where my plan fell apart:

• OS X + Windows Vista via Parallels referencing the Boot Camped Vista Partition = No dice

In fact, I can’t even get Parallels to allow me to select the Boot Comp option during setup–the option is disabled. I tried to ‘trick it’ (I won’t go into details because it doesn’t matter) into setting up the Virtual Machine, but it didn’t pan out.

There is a lot of buzz on the Parallels forums about this. Hopefully it will be worked out soon.

UPDATE: Vista Support for Parallels has arrived!

Tags: Apple, Applications, Boot Camp, Hardware, MacBook Pro, Macintosh, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Parallels Desktop, PC, Windows

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