VMware or parallels for Maya?

So I think the question explains itself. I tried installing maya and I can't find the licensing program that I need to register it. And Maya keeps whining about the inability to launch the product configuration wizard. SOOOO...

I may as well use it in windows since I have a working copy for that. However, I know bootcamp yields the best result but I want/need to be in osx also instead of isolating myself totally when I use Maya so between parallels and vmware, which would run Maya better? You can throw out a guess, doesn't have to be based on factual real life tests.


TLDR version: Which runs Maya better? VMware or Parallels?

 

I always like VMWare. But that does not automatically say that Maya would run better with it. Your app - try it out on both and decide for yourself.

cheers ...

 

As far as I know VMWare doesn't support OpenGl (which Maya would require). Parallels 4 does so I'd give that a shot.

Please report back if you have a sec and let me know how you find it.. I'm about the do the same thing with Softimage XSI.

Regards,
Simon

 

Well I got it to run (Maya) under parallels. It runs, albeit pretty darn choppy. But if it must be used that way, it'll suffice. Although it'll be so so so much better if you can find a osx specific version (for any app) instead.

 

What part runs choppy? The viewport displays?

Is it using opengl? Both cpu cores, etc?

Regards,
Simon

 

Hmm, I'll have to look into it. Are you asking if maya is using both cores or parallels?

For parallels, I did tell it to use 2 cores. As for the video, the box for enable 3d acceleration is checked.