Parrallels vs VMware

[darshan]

hey guys (b4 everyone goes on a rampage and telling me to do research)...

let me just say i have...

but since new versions of these two came out and no one has done a comparison i thought i might (and with sincere apology if it has been repeated)

so what do you guys think is the best suitable/STABLE companion to run windows

[kennb]

TBH, it really depends on what you want it for.

http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/11/vmware-fusion-2-vs-parallels-desktop-4-lets-dance/

:D

[jonnysods]

VMWare Fusion. It's dreamy.

Parallels 3.0 was a nightmare for me.

I use VMWare on 4 different Macs, and they are great. Plus when they upgrade their software, you get that upgrade for free. For life!

[qveda]

Hi,
I'm about to purchase VMware to run the remaining windows XP applications that I couldn't migrate to my new Mac Pro. I'd appreciate help from this Forum. I have a few questions:

1) I use Time Machine to backup my Mac to an external hard drive. Seems to work great , although I've never tried to restore from it.
Will I need additional s/w to backup Windows documents, or use the rudimentary Backup software the come with XP. ?

2) I suppose I can't backup the windows files to the same ext drive I use for the Mac. What is recommended? (I don't expect to have very much data that will need to be backed up)

3) I don't have any antivirus s/w for my Mac (yet) and not sure I really need it. If I only launch Windows when needed, and then close it, will I need to get antivirus software for Windows?

Thanks!

[qveda]

never mind. i called the apple store and they answered my 3 questions. yes, need separate backup s/w. VMware and Parallels come with antivirus s/w.

[I'm a Mac]

Parallels 3.0 started out great but somewhere along the way it became a nightmare. AND, 3 less than a year later when the new software came out they expect me to pay for an upgrade? I've downloaded the demo of vmware and it seems great.

[TrickyX]

Hello all. I just finished putting up some Benchmarks of Windows 7 using the latest builds of Parallels, Fusion and VirtualBox with both x86 and x64 based images on various Macs. More results coming soon.

http://www.techbuzzwords.com/mac/macv/win7bench/win7bench.html

Tricky