James thanks for the information. I will check it out.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Jolley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:18 AM
Subject: A review of both fusion and Parallels
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.
