Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 12th Nov 2008 08:51 UTC, submitted by RavinRay
Mac OS X Yesterday, Parallels unveiled Parallels Desktop 4.0. The virtualisation tool for the Mac. Parallels allows you to run several operating systems 'on top' of Mac OS X, similar to VMware, Qemu, and other similar tools. Version 4.0 comes packed with new features and improvements.
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RE: better than VMWare Fusion
by REM2000 on Wed 12th Nov 2008 16:35 UTC in reply to "better than VMWare Fusion"
REM2000
Member since:
2006-07-25

It's quite easy, purchase VMware for the simple fact that there feature rich updates are free of charge.

I purchased Parallels 2.0 and then paid for the upgrade to 3.0. The purchase to 3 was the most annoying as i had upgraded to leopard and needed 3 to get parallels to work. I know many will say that i didn't have to pay to upgrade to leopard so it's not technically parallels fault, however all of these things and more were given to the users of VMWare.

I know that the next time i have to pay to upgrade i will be switching to VMWare. I don't care for bling, i just need fast and stable windows virtualisation on the Mac.

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RE[2]: better than VMWare Fusion
by lqsh on Wed 12th Nov 2008 16:41 in reply to "RE: better than VMWare Fusion"
lqsh Member since:
2007-01-01

Does VMWare have that Coherence feature? Does it work well in Parallels?

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opieum Member since:
2007-02-08

VMware Fusion has Unity which is essentially the same thing. It has some slightly different features which can make it easier to use and manage Windows with.

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