a question about how macs install programs & parallels

[SooTyLaD]

I am getting a mac very soon and am just wondering something...

as far as i can tell, the way programs are installed on mac are very much self contained and very neat (kinda seems like the self contained way java games install on a phone) except for the odd one which goes a bit "windows" on you and you need to use a third party uninstall app... this right?

anyway my second question, is how does it work if you use parallels to install windows? buy doing this does it sacrifice the sublime simplicity of the way the os doesn't get clogged up? or does it self contain the whole windows/parallels as an app in itself? be it a massive one?

i might just use bootcamp if it in anyway is detrimental to the mac side of things, plus i bet it doesnt run as fast being emulated right?

 

[SooTyLaD]

so is everything you install on that os and EVERYthing you do with it stored in that self contained location?

also, if you use vmware/parallels as opposed to bootcamp, do you need drivers or does it piggyback them from the mac os?

 

[SooTyLaD]

hmm very interesting...

been looking at reviews and demos on youtube of parallels and vmware, and i must say vmware seems to be the one for me, just looks the nuts!

the latest version apparently can work from the boot camp install... but how on earth would that make sense? the boot camp install would need to be using all the native drivers etc, then when you load into mac os x and use vmware, it would need to be using all the virtual drivers which would surely screw everything up??? i would have thought that windows would choke at that every time?