I've used VMware throughout the last 3 years and the Linux / Windows versions were a little rough around the edges (in terms of getting things properly accelerated under Linux particularly), but Fusion from 2 onward has been a complete revelation (almost as much as the initial revelation of being able to run VMs in the first place). It really is consumer friendly enough and does very good sound and 3D handling (as well as drag and drop/file associations to windows programs from Mac file types [eg open a word doc in Mac world and it will fire up [if necessary] the VM of windows and open file in word insitu [if you really wanted to]]
I won't malign Parallels as I've never tried it - my choice for VMware came from using it on Linux and then finding that the Mac offering of Bootcamp was so unbelievably useless. I find that particularly on my Macbook Pro it runs really well (has an SSD in it which make a big diff) - I can't comprehend it running any quicker (doesn't even slow it down on a full virus scan) The killer ability [IMHO] to take a running native Windows system and snapshot it (while it is running!) into a VMWare image is particularly impressive and was the death knell of dual booting on my main desktop (and almost my desktop) Martin On 1 March 2010 15:46, Brian Smith <br...@briansmithonline.com> wrote: > I'd agree with Tom. I don't have the experience of other VMs - although I > did try one (Sun Virtualbox, I think it was) on a PC. And I also had a > virtual machine set up on my PC when I was doing some work for Becta. It > allowed me to access some submitted software directly from home. But neither > were easy to use or very friendly for a basic, semi-techncally minded home > user like myself. But I've found Parallels on the Mac just does it - > brilliantly. > > Brian > > > On 1 Mar 2010, at 15:25, Tom Smith wrote: > > Interesting comment Martin - I've always been a user of VMWare both on > Widows and OSX - and used it professionally for a couple of years running > training sessions. Whereas I think VMWare and indeed Sun Virtualbox does > have a slight edge when it comes to performance, Parallels seems to be much > more of a friendly application for the home user. In my opinion it > integrates the virtual machine much more fully with the host machine (if > this is what you want to do). I am currently running Ubuntu on my MacBook > Pro in Parallels and the ease of installation of the Parallels Tools, as > well as desktop and file/folder integration has really impressed me - and > even perhaps been the little push I needed to start to use Linux more every > day. > > Tom > > On 1 Mar 2010, at 15:21, Martin Nix wrote: > > I run a Hackintosh with a 3.1Ghz Core2duo and 2.8GHz MacBook Pro - both > with Fusion 3 (instead of Parallels) - I find it has a better edge in terms > of performance > > Martin > > On 1 March 2010 14:14, Brian Smith <br...@briansmithonline.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Tom, I missed the question. >> >> Yes, it's a standard 27-inch iMac bought retail. I tend to use XP most and >> as far as I can see, it's almost identical (if not a tad faster) than it was >> on my Pentium 4 hyperthreading 3.1GHz PC with 4Gb of RAM, despite the fact >> that it's running virtually inside the Mac which also runs very crisply with >> just one virtual machine running. I can even drag and drop files from one OS >> to the other and do so when it's quicker to do something on the PC because I >> know how to do it, than learn how on the Mac. (Note to self: I mustn't let >> that prevent me from learning how to do it on the Mac). The drag-and-drop >> etc is courtesy of Parallels Tools. Parallels seems to be just brilliant. >> >> Brian >> >> >> >> >> On 1 Mar 2010, at 13:20, Tom Smith wrote: >> >> > To answer on Brian's behalf - he has a 3.06Ghz Core2Duo iMac with 4GB of >> RAM. >> > >> > I have largely the same setup albeit a little bit older, and have to say >> that with the latests version of Ubuntu and Parallels - runs very well >> indeed! >> > >> > Tom >> > >> > On 1 Mar 2010, at 13:18, Phil Thompson wrote: >> > >> >> On 23/02/2010 Brian Smith wrote: >> >>> PS I've got Windows XP, Windows 7 AND Ubuntu 9.10 as virtual amchines >> >>> on my brilliant new iMac 27". Amazing. Slows it down a bit if I run >> >>> all three but it's amazing how they just ARE independent computers >> >>> yet inside the mac (see pic). >> >> >> >> what processor / RAM does the iMac have ? >> >> >> >> >> >> Phil >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Peterboro mailing list >> >> Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >> >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Peterboro mailing list >> > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Peterboro mailing list >> Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >> > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >
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