Hey guys. I know this is in the Macbook forum but this is for my dads macbook air. Which virtual program will be faster running vista business? I need some answers quick!
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VMWARE fusion vs. Parrallels...again
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dukebound85
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do a search....theres been many a thread on this. including one started today
in short: consensus is usually vmware
in short: consensus is usually vmware
Sky Blue
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i would go with the other one cause i was having troubles with parallels today on leopard for somereason it wouldnt read the disc and say theres an error oon the other hand virtual pc read it fine on my emac but id just use bootcamp unless u wanna switch through out otherwise use the not parallels one save ur self some trouble maybe its just me iunno
I chose VM for one reason... I had already loaded up a win xp bootcamp partition. VM allowed me to use that with a minimal of installation. Case closed for me.
deputy_doofy
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dukebound85
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TuffLuffJimmy
macrumors G3
If Parallels can do that, it seems to be a recent turn of events. I emailed their tech support a while back about it and they said, no good.
cmcbridejr
macrumors 6502a
Though I only have firsthand experience with everyday use of parallels, I would recommend Fusion.
Here's why:
Though credit needs to be given to Parallels for being first to market, they are a smaller organization (with less support).
I purchased Parallels 2.5 with a promise for a free upgrade to version 3. Then, version 3 came out and Parallels retracted their offer and decided not to make it free. Also, Fusion is now saying that their next upgrade will be free.
VMWare has a much longer history with virtualization and also more resources.
From the reviews that I have read, Fusion is also not as RAM hungry and less intensive on the processor.
So, having been a Parallels user with no firsthand experience of Fusion, I still vote for Fusion as being better.
Here's why:
Though credit needs to be given to Parallels for being first to market, they are a smaller organization (with less support).
I purchased Parallels 2.5 with a promise for a free upgrade to version 3. Then, version 3 came out and Parallels retracted their offer and decided not to make it free. Also, Fusion is now saying that their next upgrade will be free.
VMWare has a much longer history with virtualization and also more resources.
From the reviews that I have read, Fusion is also not as RAM hungry and less intensive on the processor.
So, having been a Parallels user with no firsthand experience of Fusion, I still vote for Fusion as being better.
Cool, thanks guys. I think me and my dad might go and get fusion this weekend. They sell it at the apple store, don't they?
cmcbridejr
macrumors 6502a
And as someone else pointed out already, you can download free trials of both VMWare and Parallels.
yea and if u like it u can just buy a key online or if its anycheaper go out and buy it
yeah it looks like my dad's just gonna go ahead and try bootcamp and see if that fits his needs. Thanks guys!