Template configs are provided on both products to ease that process. Installation and setting up of a new virtual machine is fairly easy that anyone who knows how to install Windows would be able to do it. As I mentioned earlier too, both have very similar sets of features as well. So those comparisons aren’t valid anymore. Most postings I see online generally compares the much older versions of both Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion. Why so? Well, in my experience, both Parallels Desktop version 5 (and 6) and WMWare Fusion 3.1 are very stable in running the virtual machines. Instead, I’d focus more on the differences and key reasons that made my choice. This would also not be a complete review or walkthrough of Parallels and VMWare Fusion. And if you want point by point technical comparisons, Google would provide you with those elsewhere. I won’t be divulging much into the comparisons of Parallels Desktop versus VMWare Fusion here in this post. However, what I can do instead is to perhaps share my experience after having used both VMWare Fusion 3 and Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac for over a year and now shortly after test-driving Parallels Desktop 7 for about a week. So, which would you choose? To be honest, even I don’t think I can provide that answer.
A quick search on Google as well as on Twitter reveals two camps that is generally happy with their choices. Both also costs the same retail price of US$79.99 and providing almost the same set of features. If you’ve done your homework online, you would know that there is basically two main options to choose from, either to go with Parallels Desktop for Mac or VMWare Fusion.īoth are pretty good choices and the current versions are very stable indeed. Thus, if you are also in the ‘same boat’ as I am, read on! Why virtualize and not just simply use Bootcamp? Well, if you’re like me, especially if you are working in an organizations where a most of the internal ERP systems are built only for Windows platform, and is also a Mac user, chances are you would want to be able to run both Mac and Windows applications at the same time. With this latest version, here’s a revised and updated viewpoint on my comparison between the two. Now, if you are not already aware, Parallels Desktop 7 is to be released on September 6. That’s almost exactly one year ago from today. You might want to check that article out too.Ĭaveat: This is an updated article which I originally wrote using Parallels Desktop 5 and quickly after that, upgraded to Parallels Desktop 6, comparing it with VMWare Fusion 3.0. Update: I’ve also explored the Parallels Desktop 8 and VMWare Fusion 5 and compared them here.
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