#Vmware fusion vs parallels mac os#

This basically mirrors the Windows Start menu, making it easy to launch Windows apps without having to deal with the Start menu: One nice feature of VMware is its Applications menu. IвЂ™m pleased to say that FusionвЂ™s UI is a breath of fresh air in comparison, and behaves more like IвЂ™d expect a Mac app to behave. I have to say, IвЂ™m not a big fan of the Parallels user interface it always seems odd how it opens new instances of itself for new VMs, and some of the dialogs seem like they were written by someone with English as their second language. Once IвЂ™d successfully converted my Parallels VM to a Fusion VM, I fired up Fusion. The Importer was a bit ropey вЂ“ it spent 15 minutes converting the drive before informing me that the VM was suspended, so it couldnвЂ™t finish the import вЂ“ but to be fair, itвЂ™s still in beta. I didnвЂ™t want to muck about installing a fresh copy of Windows, or deal with Windows XP reactivation grief, so I used the VMware Importer to migrate a Windows 2000 Parallels virtual machine across to VMware Fusion. The versions IвЂ™m reviewing here are Parallels Desktop 3.0 (Build 5582) and VMware Fusion 1.1.2 (87978). So I thought IвЂ™d give Fusion a quick spin and see how it compares. It does the job well enough, but recently the nice folks at VMware gave me a review copy of VMware Fusion. IвЂ™ve been using Parallels Desktop since I bought my Mac back in 2006 (in fact I bought Parallels before the Mac!).

#Vmware fusion vs parallels mac os#

There are two applications that you can use to run Windows simultaneously with Mac OS X: Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion. By running Windows on your Mac as well as Mac OS X, you get the best of both worlds вЂ“ the loveliness of MAC OS X, and the compatibility of Windows. Why would you want to run Windows on a Mac? Well, there are many applications вЂ“ including most games вЂ“ that are only available for Windows. One of the great things about Intel Macs is that you can run Windows on them.