So Parallels Desktop 5 is out! About a week after VMWare Fusion 3.
Both are awesome, but I guess it depends on what you’re doing that determines which one you want to buy. Here are some viewpoints and yeah. Don’t take me on my word, both offer trials, but this is just from my experience.
Developing
If you’re [...]
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Parallels Desktop 5 vs. VMWare Fusion 3
November 4, 2009 – 9:26 pm
VMWare Fusion 3, Less than 24 hours.
October 27, 2009 – 8:47 pm
So I was finally able to buy and install VMWare Fusion 3 today.
My first looks at it aren’t too impressive. It’s been quite sluggish for me, but that might just be the Windows XP VM I have. Switching to “Unity” was about the same speed, exiting “Unity” was definitely faster.
The new start menu is cool. [...]
Not That Fast…
September 1, 2009 – 7:44 pm
So I received my Snow Leopard DVD today.
Snow Leopard seems awesome so far (except that not all of the software I use has been updated for it yet).
The issue I faced today was the installation times. When I installed Tiger, it only took 1 hour. Leopard installed in 45 minutes. Snow Leopard took 32 minutes [...]

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