Hi,
I would be interested to hear as Neil suggested a comparison of
the three VM systems.
I use Parallels v4 a lot - mainly for some music software (editors
and wave manipulating that suits my needs), and run Windows Explorer
just to test my web page changes run under Explorer.
For SL, you need to run the latest v4, and upgrades are about US$40.
I use the Parallels 'coherence' mode, which tries to make Windows
applications run just work like any Mac program. In a sense they do,
apart from the Window program menus are still attached to the window
(rather than at the top of the screen) and the window close button in
on the right (instead of the Mac on the left).
Also found that the Parallels help desk very helpful and prompt.
The only problem I have encountered with windows applications
running Parallels, is that time critical applications (like playing
music) suffer especially if you are doing internet access at the same
time. This is understandable, and is not really a problem to me.
I tried the pre-release versions of Win 7, and they worked well
under Parallels, although I had some problems with printer drivers
(sounds familiar) - but the help desk was very helpful. Also found
Parallels great for playing around with versions of Linux - just out
of interest to see if it is yet a serious contender to Windows or OSX.
I tried VMWare but didn't feel there was anything that made me
want to change.
The free Sun's virtual box sounds interesting.
Cheers ... Clyde
On 21/09/2009, at 10:47 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:
Hi Peter,
Out of interest, did you use all three just to compare the different
applications - or do you use different VMs for different tasks.
What, if any, would you rate as the particular pros/cons or points of
difference of the three approaches - other than the obvious cost
advantage
of Sun's VirtualBox.
I've only ever run Parallels 3.0 - just because it seemed to be the
one
everyone recommended at the time that I purchased it - I had a lot of
trouble at the time upgrading my XP Pro VM (imported from Virtual
PC) to SP2
but once I got that sorted (thank you Peter Hinchcliffe!) it seems
to do OK
so I didn't look any further.
However, I suppose that at some point (SL upgrade?) I will need to
look at
upgrading from Parallels 3.0 - so I suppose that will be a good time
to also
look at the alternatives.
Cheers
Neil
--
Neil R. Houghton
Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com
on 21/9/09 10:12 AM, Christopher S at c...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Hi Peter
I've used the current versions of Parallels and Fusion and Sun's
VirtualBox
(which is free) and they are all pretty good virtual machines.
Unless you
are talking the latest Windows games I would think any of the above
would be
fine for most apps. Games may run best in Fusion but BootCamp is
probably
the better option - that is of course debatable.
There is a big caveat with all three and that is that you need to
own a copy
of Windows to install in the virtual machine.
If it's only a couple of apps that you need like the ATO Tax App
then I'd
probably suggest Sun's VirtualBox.
Regards,
Chris.
From: Peter Curtis <pcur...@aapt.net.au>
Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:57:06 +0800
To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au>
Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today
Hi
I need to run windoze for a couple of applications that can't be run
on a Mac and currently use a small windows laptop. Now that I've
bought a intel Mac I intend to run windoze on it but haven't got
around to choosing which program to use. This email suggests now
might
be the time to make up my mind. The question is: Is VMWare Fusion a
reasonable program to use for someone who wants to run a couple of
windoze programs on their Mac? or should I be more careful in
choosing
what program I use?
Thanks in anticipation.
Regards
Peter
On 21/09/2009, at 9:38 AM, Christopher S wrote:
Hi Guys,
Just a heads up Vmware Fusion 2.0.5 is US$34.95 till 11.30AM
Monday 21
September at this site: http://www.mupromo.com/deal/960/4438/vmware-fusion
this is quite a saving if you’re in the market for Fusion/
Parallels.
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>
Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>
Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>
Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>
Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
