Archive for November, 2008

“Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction”

The CBS news magazine 60 Minutes has shown two segments detailing the root cause of the current mortgage crisis and stock market decline. Below is the most recent segment (Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction) which provides an overview of how it started, what went wrong, how they’re related and just how big the issue is.

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Parallels vs. VMware Fusion vs. Apple Boot Camp: Short Test 1

The last time I posted results was a few months ago. I’ve still been testing all three. Recently I completed network transfer tests. For these tests, I used Vista Ultimate SP1 with Parallels 3 and Fusion 2.

This time the MBP was configured with 4GB of RAM. I had 2GB allocated to the VM. Fusion had both cores selected, and Parallels was set to be optimized for the VM. I also disabled App Sharing in Parallels as it created massive performance issues in previous tests. I did not install MacFuse as Fusion prompted.

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