iMac Gets 2GB, Sam and Parallels Happy
I complained in the past that my Dual-Core iMac was very slow at 512MB. Leaving aside the question of whether Apple should even sell this system without 1GB in it, I went and bought 2GB and put it in. Wow, it's like a whole new machine! OS/X and Aqua operate the way I would have expected. I guess the iMac has a "sweet spot" somewhere around 1GB of RAM.
The best part is that I reinstalled the latest Parallels for Mac and allocated 1GB of memory for Windows Vista and it's truly beautiful! Coherence just knocked me out; the ability to run Windows apps in the native MAC environment without seeing the Windows desktop. I have a Vista task bar and a totally MAC OS/X desktop. It's just truly incredible to run these two powerful OS's together and essentially mix and match. There is not, right now, support for the Glass Transparency and the hardware 3D, but as the official blog describes, they first put in the work to deliver Coherence and I think that was the right choice. I can wait for the eye candy; the OS is what I want and fully integrated.
I'd also like to get to some Rails work on the iMac, as well as some Mono work (I'm working on my Hardcore .NET for DevTeach anyhow today), and I'll keep you posted when I start that.
I'm rocking out to Black Dog by Led Zeppelin from the album How the West Was Won Disc 1
