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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 969357" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I personally prefer VMWare Fusion, but the differences are mostly aesthetic. As an IT professional, I am accustomed to using VMWare products as they are the preeminent player in virtualization technology. I own both products and can honestly say that VMWare is both faster and more stable in my experience. It also has FAR better support for Linux distros, which truly cinched it for me.</p><p></p><p>As far as resource allocation, I'd give XP 1GB (it plays nicely with 512MB, which is the default, but I've always found that 1GB is the sweet spot for XP). With Vista or 7, you want to give it 2GB at a minimum.</p><p></p><p>Installation is very painless and mostly automated. And if you want to change the hardware config of the VM later, you can always do so as long as the VM is shut down.</p><p></p><p>One thing I will recommend to you is that you enable "Two finger tapping for right-click" as soon as you boot the Mac up for the first time. Otherwise, you'll find the trackpad very annoying on a Mac. Once you get used to tapping with two fingers for right click, it becomes very natural - even in Windows.</p><p></p><p>Also, I would recommend using Microsoft's own Security Essentials for an AV suite in Windows. Both Parallels and VMWare come with their own suits (one is Kaspersky and the other I believe is McAfee), but in my experience Security Essentials does a great job, is unobtrusive and it's also free.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 969357, member: 24098"] I personally prefer VMWare Fusion, but the differences are mostly aesthetic. As an IT professional, I am accustomed to using VMWare products as they are the preeminent player in virtualization technology. I own both products and can honestly say that VMWare is both faster and more stable in my experience. It also has FAR better support for Linux distros, which truly cinched it for me. As far as resource allocation, I'd give XP 1GB (it plays nicely with 512MB, which is the default, but I've always found that 1GB is the sweet spot for XP). With Vista or 7, you want to give it 2GB at a minimum. Installation is very painless and mostly automated. And if you want to change the hardware config of the VM later, you can always do so as long as the VM is shut down. One thing I will recommend to you is that you enable "Two finger tapping for right-click" as soon as you boot the Mac up for the first time. Otherwise, you'll find the trackpad very annoying on a Mac. Once you get used to tapping with two fingers for right click, it becomes very natural - even in Windows. Also, I would recommend using Microsoft's own Security Essentials for an AV suite in Windows. Both Parallels and VMWare come with their own suits (one is Kaspersky and the other I believe is McAfee), but in my experience Security Essentials does a great job, is unobtrusive and it's also free. [/QUOTE]
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