My (bad) experience using Parallels
I write this as a costumer of Parallels and vmware fusion.
Im a switcher between PC and Mac and, now, between Parallels and Vmware Fusion. I have used both and I tell you my experience and opinions.
My advice, Don´t buy Parallels, I did it and waste my money
Why?
1- Its expensive
2- Its not better than fusion
3- They dont respect customers
Let´s see:
1- Parallels is Expensive: Why paying almost $80 instead of $50 ? In addition, paying $80 you can install Parallels in 1 Mac. Paying $50 you can install Fusion in 3 Macs.
2- Vmware fusion is better: I used Parallels 7 and, now Fusion 5. The second is faster and better running Office apps, GIS and Corel Draw. I havent found differences playing 3D games. You can say the newest version is Parallels 8. Well, read comparisons from October 2012 MacWorld and MacFormat and youll discover that Fusion 5 y also faster, better and cheaper than Parallels 8
3- Parallels dont respect customers: I bought Parallels 7 on July 18 for my brand new Macbook pro with Retina Display. It never worked, I contact the customer support several times and they told me to buy parallels 8 (I would be eligible for free update if I would bought it on July 25) and pay 49 dollars. I told them that nobody told me P7 wasnt good for my Mac and asked them for free upgrade
they offered me a 10% discount! A lack of respect.
In summary: I paid $79,99 on July 18, P7 never worked on my MBPRD (because it wasnt optimized neither for retina display nor Mountain Lion) then I had to pay $49,99 to make it work
a nonsense!!! Ahh, off course, subtracting a 10% discount
Then I decided to pay $49,99 to Fusion and discover it is a much better soft. And I can install it on 3 Macs!!
I waste $80 on Parallels
dont do that!!!