Paralells vs. VMWare

[carfac]

One is 20 bills cheaper, but they both look like they do the same thing. I am probably missing some of the finer points of differences. So which is better? Or which do you use.... and why?

I am not so hot on Bootcamp, I would like to use one for these that works within OsX...

 

[maestrocasa]

I'm using VMWare with XP sp2 and have been very happy with it. no problems. really like the "Unity" feature. Haven't tried Parallels, but most of the recommendations I received were for fusion. Good Luck!

 

[desi22601]

I tend to go towards Vmware Fusion.. i run xp flawlessly with Vmware fusion. I found that VMware Fusion is very easy to use and it doesn't slow down your computer. I have used both but in my opinion i am getting better performance and also ease with Vmware.

 

[sushi]

I have both and am using Windows XP.

Mac OS is Tiger.

Right now I would lean towards Parallels. Like the way it is set up and the way it works. It seems networking is better with Parallels. VMWare seems a little faster. Both of these observations are subjective and not based upon objective data/measurements.

Both seem okay overall.

 

[GSMiller]

You're going to get a ton of different answers to this question. My suggestion is you download a trial of both Parallels and Fusion because chances are one will work better for you than the other.