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Running parallels on new macbook
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<blockquote data-quote="stewabr" data-source="post: 982926" data-attributes="member: 139062"><p>My guess is that it is going to vary depending on what you do. I have a pretty much top of the line MBP (3.06GHz, 8GB RAM 15" model) and tried both Parallels 5 and VMWare Fusion 3.0 when I first got my MBP back in December. Parallels was so convincingly better for the way I use it that it is hard for me to understand why anyone would use VMWare on the surface. Performance, stability and tools all were better on Parallels. The lone place VMWare stood out was migration. I'm in the software industry though and I am well aware that different users have different requirements so that is just what was better for me. I am running Windows XP, Windows 7 Ultimate and a beta version of Chromium in Parallels and things were great.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if Parallels is offered as a demo but VMWare is so you can try it and see if it meets your needs.</p><p></p><p>Also, Windows performance shouldn't be substantially different from what it would be running on any other PC as this is virtualization and not emulation. In reality it is running natively with the specs you configure. My understanding is that there is some slight trick being played with the video card that keeps it from running exactly as it would natively but I haven't done enough research on it to tell you. I can say for sure that Windows XP and Windows 7 both have outstanding performance on my config. I have a similarly spec'd PC running Windows 7 Ultimate and cannot tell any difference at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stewabr, post: 982926, member: 139062"] My guess is that it is going to vary depending on what you do. I have a pretty much top of the line MBP (3.06GHz, 8GB RAM 15" model) and tried both Parallels 5 and VMWare Fusion 3.0 when I first got my MBP back in December. Parallels was so convincingly better for the way I use it that it is hard for me to understand why anyone would use VMWare on the surface. Performance, stability and tools all were better on Parallels. The lone place VMWare stood out was migration. I'm in the software industry though and I am well aware that different users have different requirements so that is just what was better for me. I am running Windows XP, Windows 7 Ultimate and a beta version of Chromium in Parallels and things were great. I don't know if Parallels is offered as a demo but VMWare is so you can try it and see if it meets your needs. Also, Windows performance shouldn't be substantially different from what it would be running on any other PC as this is virtualization and not emulation. In reality it is running natively with the specs you configure. My understanding is that there is some slight trick being played with the video card that keeps it from running exactly as it would natively but I haven't done enough research on it to tell you. I can say for sure that Windows XP and Windows 7 both have outstanding performance on my config. I have a similarly spec'd PC running Windows 7 Ultimate and cannot tell any difference at all. [/QUOTE]
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