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Parallels Desktop For Mac Vs. VMware

Posted by timothy on from the when-it-positively-has-to-run-windows dept.

neilticktin writes "MacTech performed an exhaustive set of benchmarks comparing Parallels Desktop 4 to VMWare Fusion 2 to run Windows on a Mac. To tackle this problem, MacTech undertook a huge benchmarking project starting in December — over 2500 tests by stopwatch. The goal was to see how the recent versions of VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop performed on different levels of Mac hardware, using XP, Vista, 64-bit, multi-procs, games, etc. ... As usual, results vary by what's important to you."

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  1. Citrix? by Lord+Ender · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No Citrix XenServer? That is the most sophisticated of the free virtualization products. They should include it in the comparison. Especially since VMware ESXi doesn't work with, well, lots and lots of hardware.

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