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Boot Camp vs VMware vs Paralells?
- Thread starter jgw1283
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How about VMWare AND Boot Camp. You can use VMware to virtual machine your installed Boot Camp. I'm not sure if parallels does this. It works well for me!
Veritas&Equitas
macrumors 68000
I've had no problems with BootCamp, and i like that it's free 🙂
The only down side is if you are impatient, some people don't like to do the whole restart thing to get into Windows, in which case Parallels might be good for you. But you have to pay...so for a less money, and a tiny bit more of your time, i'd go BootCamp. (Haven't tried VMware before sorry)
The only down side is if you are impatient, some people don't like to do the whole restart thing to get into Windows, in which case Parallels might be good for you. But you have to pay...so for a less money, and a tiny bit more of your time, i'd go BootCamp. (Haven't tried VMware before sorry)
Bill Gates
macrumors 68030
VMware and/or Boot Camp. If you only need virtualization, then just VMware. In any case, VMware is a superior product to Parallels Desktop.
An alternative
If you know what apps you want to run you might also consider checking out CodeWeaver's CrossOver. It is great if your app is supported by their wine-based software but it is not extremely flexible and certainly not a full-on windows environment.
If you know what apps you want to run you might also consider checking out CodeWeaver's CrossOver. It is great if your app is supported by their wine-based software but it is not extremely flexible and certainly not a full-on windows environment.