Migrate from Fusion to Parallels?

[sfscott]

I have had Fusion for a while and seldom use it, but when I do, I find it slow, very unintuitive and a resource hog.

Reading Mossberg's review of Parallels 7, I got to wondering if (a) it is worth switching in y'all's opinion, and (b) can I do so without having to reinstall Windows. Is there a Parallels migration path/ap that will find and connect with Windows?

FWIW, I have Lion running and have Windows XP.

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[pizzafordinna]

Parallels 7 is not out yet. You would be buying Parallels 6, which in my opinion, is a great piece of software. It's very responsive and you can control how much resources it uses.

Are you running Windows XP through Boot Camp?

 

[maflynn]

AFAIK, there is no migration path, you'll have to reinstall all your apps/settings.

 

[sfscott]

Parallels 7 is not out yet. You would be buying Parallels 6, which in my opinion, is a great piece of software. It's very responsive and you can control how much resources it uses.

Are you running Windows XP through Boot Camp?

Per Mossberg, Parallels 7 drops tomorrow and has Lion support such as aps being able to be launched fromt the launchpad and mission control. It's available on the ApStore as a $50 upgrade/$80 new.

I'm not running Bootcamp. I had a question about that too in a separate thread below.

 

[pizzafordinna]

hmm I dont see your question about bootcamp.

As far as my knowledge extends, you can't port anything from Fusion to Parallels