Parallels or VM Fusion

Sun Nov 4 15:33:21 PST 2007

On Nov 4, 2007, at 3:13 PM, Hex Star wrote:

> On 11/3/07, Richard Peskin <rpeskin at rlpcon.com> wrote:
>> We're finally upgrading hardware here and need to select a Windows
>> environment to run on the Intel based Macs. Which would be the
>> preferred choice, Parallels or Fusion?
>
> I recommend Parallels, it has been around longer

You are joking, aren't you?  While the MAc version of VMWare is newer  
than the Parallels one, BMWare has been doing x86 virtualization for  
over a decade.  The Mac bits are just eye candy ;-)

> and is more mature

Most reviews I have read think VMWare is more mature and feels more  
solid though it is the newer Mac product.  I don't know as I have not  
tried it.  I just have an older version of parallels, which works  
fine. I did set up my sisters Macbook with Parallels and XP and after  
a while XP started to freeze on boot or something.  I have not seen it  
in person since it started doing it so I don't know what the issue  
is.  I told me sister to install any Parallels updates but have not  
heard back.  She is stressing as she replaced a broken XP machine with  
WordPerfect that she was using for her dissertation and nowher new  
computer's Parallels and XP is flaking out and she cannot use WP...  I  
wish she would drive up here so I can help her fix it.  (about a 1  
hour drive)

Either will probably work

Chad

>
> IMO. They have a forum you can check out at
> http://forums.parallels.com
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