Comments on: Macbook Pro – Parallels vs VMWare Fusion

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vm fusion or parallels - Dogpile Web Search — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:24:35 +0000

[...] to try the … forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=20966 • Found on Windows Live Macbook Pro – Parallels vs VMWare Fusion ~ Chris Pirillo Personally, I use the newly released VMWare Fusion. You can do virtually all of the same things [...]

By: Team Fusion

Team Fusion — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:38:25 +0000

[...] tech pundits like Robert Scoble and Chris Pirillo, to Mac gurus like the editorial staff of The Unofficial Apple Weblog, the consensus is growing: [...]

By: James Chick

James Chick — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:36:44 +0000

I have a macbook pro and need a VM tool – mostly as the programs I need for work (like LoadRunner,) are not available for OS X. I tried the evaluation of Parrallels and whilst impressed with it and I put in aXP with no problems – I found problems loading a couple of flavours of Linux (like Ubuntu). In the end I managed to get SUSE working on it. However – I will need the flexibility to run as many OS’s as possible when needed and so I am thinking about Fusion. From what I have read so far it seems strangely a more mature product what Parrallels and as someone who is used t running VMWare on Windows PCs and servers I am inclined to go for this one. Performance seems better as well. I would be interested to know of any problems people might have had with Fusion and installing UBUNTU for instance before buying the product and unfortunately I do not have the time to test this having already tried Parrallels.

By: ptr

ptr — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:31:37 +0000

Please do not get Vista! Vista is very slow on VMWare Fusion and it eats the speed of your Mac as well!

By: Richard Von Schlichten

Richard Von Schlichten — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:11:43 +0000

I have a new iMac and Fusion. Should I buy XP or Vista. Thanks

By: Billy Vine

Billy Vine — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:54:09 +0000

I agree the issue of rebooting each time you want to use vista is a problem but you can make 3 partitions – one for mac and two as fat32 – when you install vista you will format to ntfs and install vista then you can use the other fat32 partitioned as a shared partition used by both OSs – this is what I am doing – works great.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:13:57 +0000

I used both trial versions and found VM Fusion more stable. I had issues with Parallel v3 to the point that I couldn’t boot in to Windows at boot up or through Parallels or VM FUsion. I had to wipe the Macbook Pro and start over. Parallels also creates other Windows start up OS choices, VM doesn’t. For stability I am sticking with Fusion.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:30:16 +0000

I run Parallels on the MacBook (not Pro) with 2GB RAM. I typically use Windows 2000 or Windows Vista Business, depending on the need. Both perform nicely in Parallels but the MacBook does suffer from a noticeably shorter battery life (not actually measured, simply noticed). I am a pro Java developer and a doctoral candidate with serious IT research using Web Services, so I am pretty handy at punishing the Windows environments from Java and statistics perspectives but not graphics. I have not used the VMWare solution for the Mac, but I do like its Windows counterpart. At this point I would recommend that people try Parallels to ensure it meets their needs (performance, stability, etc.) but I’m satisfied with Parallels at this time.

Regards,
Todd

By: Sanderson Dear

Sanderson Dear — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:19:12 +0000

I have a quick question. Has anyone run VMware or Parallels or even Bootcamp on a Macbook, not the pro, just a plain old Macbook. I’m thinking about getting one need to know how Windows performs on it.

Help appreciated.
Thanks

By: James M Wood

James M Wood — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:50:41 +0000

If one was to install “Fusion” and then MS “OEM” WIN XP PRO + SP2, how would one install the “drivers” for the Microsoft WIN XP PRO +SP2 being a newbie and not “tech. savvy?? I understand that MAC “Leopard” will be set up to do this automatically when released in October 07. Any suggestions would be appreciated and I thank you for your excellent insight in the choices available for us MAC Intel. Users. With regards, James M Wood (Airdrie, AB – Canada).

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:28:18 +0000

I have Parallels installed in my Mac G5. If I want to test or even buy VMware, can I use my same installation of WinXP, or do I have to re-install it, and if so will that be a problem with Microsoft/registration?

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:37:57 +0000

Please try to provide pros and cons for both programs. You provided pros and cons for Parallels, but only pros for VMWare!

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:37:57 +0000

Please try to provide pros and cons for both programs. You provided pros and cons for Parallels, but only pros for VMWare!

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:46:39 +0000

Parallels does support right click and (at least I think) the delete key, and the new version has a similar installation setup to VMware fusion…indeed it was quicker to install Vista on my Mac than it was on a PC.

By: Apple and Mac OS X Tips

Apple and Mac OS X Tips — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

We can now reliably runWindows on the Mac. As VMWare Fusion was released during the summer of last year, comparisons have been made against Parallels 3.0. Although each have their own advantages, I have noticed that Parallels 3.0 requires more system resources to run than older versions of