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Will my MacBook pro be able to handle Parallels 5?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 995501" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>I would place that number at less than 5% of <strong>all</strong> Mac notebooks have a faster CPU and/or more RAM than yours. </p><p></p><p>And, as was pointed out in your other thread related to VMs, both Parallels and VMWare Fusion have free trials (I think 30 days) while Virtual Box is free.</p><p></p><p>Plenty of time for you to test and decide which would be best for "you".</p><p>That really is the only way to know for sure.</p><p></p><p>If you have narrowed it down to Parallels already, it's time to install it and test it. If it does what you want, buy it. If not, then try your 2nd choice.</p><p></p><p>If you're looking for a poll, my guess just from posts I've read over the last couple of years in this forum would be Virtual Box: maybe 15-20% and growing; Parallels: 35% or less; VMWare: 45-50%.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 995501, member: 24160"] I would place that number at less than 5% of [B]all[/B] Mac notebooks have a faster CPU and/or more RAM than yours. And, as was pointed out in your other thread related to VMs, both Parallels and VMWare Fusion have free trials (I think 30 days) while Virtual Box is free. Plenty of time for you to test and decide which would be best for "you". That really is the only way to know for sure. If you have narrowed it down to Parallels already, it's time to install it and test it. If it does what you want, buy it. If not, then try your 2nd choice. If you're looking for a poll, my guess just from posts I've read over the last couple of years in this forum would be Virtual Box: maybe 15-20% and growing; Parallels: 35% or less; VMWare: 45-50%. [/QUOTE]
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