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    Fusion or Parallels?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dbam987, Feb 1, 2011.

  1. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    Which are you using for your virtualization needs? I used to use Fusion up until 2 days ago when I finally gave Parallels a trial run. Now I wish I had switched to Parallels sooner.
     
    dbam987, Feb 1, 2011
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  2. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    Parallels had major issues vs VMWare... up until version 6, then they passed up VMware and VMWare is currently playing catch up.
     
    doh123, Feb 1, 2011
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  3. ygohome

    ygohome Notebook Deity

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    I've had Fusion 2.0 but then after hearing the good stories and seeing screen shots of some of the people using parallels I switched to Parallels 5.0... and now I'm at 6.0 and still love it. I've not even considered returning back to vmware.

    *there is alot of good info in one of the stickies
     
    ygohome, Feb 1, 2011
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  4. TheRocketmac

    TheRocketmac Notebook Geek

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    i use fusion 3.0 because it does exactly what i need it to do. i also know that support (if ever needed), is going to be worth the time invested.
     
    TheRocketmac, Feb 1, 2011
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  5. ygohome

    ygohome Notebook Deity

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    the only support for fusion was via their forums or you could pay for email support. You could create tickets and they will email you back but when I did that about a fusion compatibility problem with 64 bit thin print spooler service errors they told me to contact MS...which I did... they pointed back to vmware. I deleted the print spool service...eventually moved back to xp 32 bit just so I could print. Then switching to parallels and never looking back.

    *actually, parallels might be the same way regarding support, but I've not had to find out yet.

    But that was way back on fusion 2 and before win 7.
     
    ygohome, Feb 2, 2011
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  6. Torai

    Torai Notebook Evangelist

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    I haven't used any of them for 2 years. Back to that time I would say VMWare was definitely the choice because it supported graphics better . But for now, I heard that Parallels is no longer behind VMWare.

    +1 and +rep for doh123 :)
     
    Torai, Feb 2, 2011
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  7. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    even recently, i've tried both and prefer vmware. seems more stable.
     
    masterchef341, Feb 2, 2011
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  8. Rhodan

    Rhodan NBR Expert of Nothing

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    I have both products and Parallel 6 is the better product imho. Their GPU emulation is far superior to what Fusion offers and I haven't notice any stability issues running Win 7 64.
     
    Rhodan, Feb 2, 2011
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