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Bootcamp/Parallels/Vmware Fusion/VirtualBox to run Windows?

Which Virtualization Software do you use?

  • Bootcamp

    Votes: 8 13.3%

  • Parallels

    Votes: 28 46.7%

  • VMware Fusion

    Votes: 17 28.3%

  • VirtualBox

    Votes: 7 11.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    60
Parallels serves you ads in a paid app. That alone is reason enough for me not to use it.
 
Yep, it's not so chip, but support was great.
Don't know what you like, but for me parallels is OK.
 
ixxx69 said:
Huh? I don't see ads when running Parallels, at least that I've noticed. Where are the ads and/or when do they pop up?
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I don't use parallels, but I've seen screenshots from users and on review sites that show ads when you're viewing the virtual machine library. That was back in P8 and P9 though. Maybe they've stopped.
 
Traverse said:
I don't use parallels, but I've seen screenshots from users and on review sites that show ads when you're viewing the virtual machine library. That was back in P8 and P9 though. Maybe they've stopped.
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Oh. I've been using Parallels since ~v5 and never seen any ads. I would stop using the software immediately if they did. They've had some in-app promotions for their own software upgrades (when you're using an old version) and maybe showed some related products / virus protection software when installing/updating the product, but it's hardly the same to suggest that there are running "ads" during regular use. Let's try not spread FUD.
 
Thanks for the reply guys. I am thinking of getting the Sandisk Extreme too. I wondered if 32GB is good enough. Cause from what I understood, Windows 10 is only going to get bigger and bigger as the update progress. But Microsoft is saying that they will follow the yearly upgrade cycle like Mac OS X so maybe it won't bludgeoned to twice the size of initial install later on?

I am only going to use it for some financial apps and currently the space used is up to 12 GB. It is currently installed in my Mac drive and it reserved 60GB. There is no way to change it but under storage it does shows only 12GB was used. So would my Mac be bared from using the reserved space or is it more like first come first served basis?

I am using VMware Fusion to run Windows.

Thanks.
 
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