Read this folks, the choice is more or less already made. At least we can install without sighted help
VMware Fusion vs. Parallels Desktop revisited Thu, 07/05/2007 - 9:15pm - mike Now that Parallels has released Desktop 3.0 and VMware released a feature-complete Fusion RC1, it's time to take another look at them. I own the latest versions of both, and although both are good products, I've found that I prefer VMware Fusion for several reasons. Most importantly, VMware is much faster and doesn't slow down my entire system like Parallels does. One particularly annoying quirk of Parallels is that it kills QuickSilver's hotkeys, which VMware doesn't affect. VMware also has much better hardware support than Parallels Desktop. VMware even lets virtual machines access the MacBook's battery status and supports many more USB devices. Recently I was unable to restore my iPod Shuffle after a failed firmware update in iTunes 7.2 on my MacBook Pro. After the native iTunes crashed during several restore attempts, I let VMware connect to the iPod and restored it successfully from iTunes under Windows XP. VMware Fusion now has a "Unity" feature, similar to Parallels Desktop's "Coherence", which hides the Windows desktop and allows Windows applications to apparently share the screen with native applications. Unity takes it a step further: while Coherence runs all Windows applications in a single layer -- clicking on any Windows application brings the entire Windows layer to the front, with Unity every window is independent. You can bring any single Window to the front without activating the entire Windows layer. VMware Fusion can still be pre-ordered for $39.99, which is an excellent deal. If you haven't already tried VMware, now is the time.
