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to1986

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Oct 15, 2009
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Was just looking for some advice on which virtual machine you guys are finding works better on Snow Leopard.
I have Parallels 4, which I had on Leopard as well, with windows XP. Pn leopard it ran beautifully, however since upgrading I find its unbearably slow, and causes my whole system to slow down. I dont know if this is with parallels or with my system in general, as I have had a bit of trouble with Snow Leopard, though I believe I have sorted that out.
How have people found VMware to run in comparison to parallels? Is it worth switching?
 
I use Parallels on SL and haven't noticed any speed problems. It runs just like it did on Leopard.

You might try compressing your virtual drive.
 
I use Virtualbox. Its free and already supports Snow Leopard's 64bit kernel.
 
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