Hello, I'm thinking about buying my first Mac laptop and wanted to hear any experiences good or bad regarding: 1) Parallels performance (meaning, does it work with with some of the common charting platforms)? 2) Easy to transfer files from OSx and Windows 3) Did you start using more OSx overtime? thanks.
hello, forget parallels, get this http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ provided you get one of the new intel macs.
don't you need to keep rebooting your computer everytime you want to run Windows when using via bootcamp?
If he is a daytrader and he needs to reboot OS/X to run his trading software in Windows what the hell does he want a Mac for ? I love the new Macs but this is not the way to go. Bootcamp is ok when you must run an application that is impossible to find for OS/X but not for an everyday application. My 02 cents.
I just find Parallels so power hungry, its pretty slow. If you've got the money just get a windows machine as well, just for trading...
Wait till Leopard comes out. You'll be able to run windows XP inside a window inside of OSX. Really slick stuff. I'm using a 933mhz G4 for my trading and also have a 15in pwrbook. I use ToS for my trading, and yea...they sent me a 2 button mouse. They rock like that.
Try QST - Quick Screen Trading. You can get a free 2-week trial here: http://www.quickscreentrading.com Download the Mac software here: http://quotes.computervoice.com/webstart/QST/qst.jnlp Give it a try. It is a really nice app.