Ara, Like you I'm actually using a BootCamp partition at the moment. Mainly because I'm running 64 bit Vista. Vista does NOT run well under either Parallels or Fusion. Mainly because of the fact that Windows as a virtual OS cannot access hardware acceleration of graphics. It can only use standard SVGA drivers. Big problem for Vista. Speaking from experience Vista is lightning quick under BootCamp and noticably slower under Fusion & Parallels.
However, assuming that you are using XP, you should be fine to run Windows as a virtual OS. I now use Fusion having been an early Parallels customer. Parallels had all sorts of problems in the early days... and having paid for it, the sheer instability of the product made me switch to Fusion. Fusion has been rock solid since day one - VMWare are pretty much the top virtualization software company on the planet, so they know what they are doing. I have heard that Parallels is a lot more stable these days. To be honest the companies seem to be running pretty much neck and neck right now. The Fusion 2.0 beta has been out for quite a while and has added very significant fucntionality to Fusion. If you want rock solid stability I don't think you will ever go wrong with Fusion. But then, maybe Parallels is the same now. I guess it will come down to which one you like the feel of. --- In [email protected], "pcmoxon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Ara, > > I have been using Parallels on my MacBook and iMac for around 15 > months and have to say I have found it to be the most stable version > of Windows I have ever run. I work in IT and have many PC's and when I > look back and think about it, it is quite something to say that > Parallels make Windows work as well as it does. The best thing I like > about it is how you can backup your Windows installation and restore > it anytime you wish... in a couple on minutes. All you need to do od > Copy the Parallel image files over to a back device (or other folder). > This allow you you to test out any software you wish with the > knowledge that if the new software makes a mess of your system; just > throw away the Windows image file and restore your old one. > > Performance is very good too. Once Parallels is up and running (boots > nice and fast), I don't see any slow down using any of my apps > (Amibroker, MS Office apps, Ensign, NinjaTrader etc...). > > On the hardware side, my Macbook is an Intel 1.8GHz with 2GB of > memory. The iMac is 2GHz with 2GB memory. > > I haven't tried fusion maninly because I have no need. Parallels does > everything I need. > > Oh, forgot to mention, I only use Windows XP. Haven't tries Vista as > XP does me fine. > > I would highly recommend parallels. Works just fine with Amibroker. > > Regards, > Pete > > > --- In [email protected], "Ara Kaloustian" <ara1@> wrote: > > > > My wife had a copy of initial version of Parallels that was pretty > bad and at the time support was no better. She uninstalled Parallels > and started using BootCamp. > > > > I understand Parallels is working fine now ... and Fusion has come > unto the seen and is also good... and would like to reconsider using > one of them. > > > > Appreciate any feedback about Parallels and Fusion. Specifically > interested in their > > > > 1. Functionality > > 2. Ease of use > > 3. Support > > 4. Upgrade policies > > 5. Amount of memory needed (currently have 2GB) > > > > Thanks > > > > Ara > > >
