Thanks to all responders... My take is to go with Fusion, just because I feel Parallels people put out a piece of software that should have never been released (initially).
But if my wife can get a free upgrade of parallels that would make sense! Ara ----- Original Message ----- From: "sidhartha70" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 1:19 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: OT: MacPro with Parallels / Fusion > 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 >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > For other support material please check also: > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
