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Thanks to all responders...
My take is to go with Fusion, just because I feel Parallels people put out a
piece of software that should have never been released (initially).
But if my wife can get a free upgrade of parallels that would make sense!
Ara
----- Original Message -----
From: "sidhartha70" <sidhartha70@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 1:19 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: OT: MacPro with Parallels / Fusion
> Ara,
>
> Like you I'm actually using a BootCamp partition at the moment. Mainly
> because I'm running 64 bit Vista. Vista does NOT run well under either
> Parallels or Fusion. Mainly because of the fact that Windows as a
> virtual OS cannot access hardware acceleration of graphics. It can
> only use standard SVGA drivers. Big problem for Vista. Speaking from
> experience Vista is lightning quick under BootCamp and noticably
> slower under Fusion & Parallels.
>
> However, assuming that you are using XP, you should be fine to run
> Windows as a virtual OS.
>
> I now use Fusion having been an early Parallels customer. Parallels
> had all sorts of problems in the early days... and having paid for it,
> the sheer instability of the product made me switch to Fusion. Fusion
> has been rock solid since day one - VMWare are pretty much the top
> virtualization software company on the planet, so they know what they
> are doing. I have heard that Parallels is a lot more stable these days.
>
> To be honest the companies seem to be running pretty much neck and
> neck right now. The Fusion 2.0 beta has been out for quite a while and
> has added very significant fucntionality to Fusion. If you want rock
> solid stability I don't think you will ever go wrong with Fusion. But
> then, maybe Parallels is the same now. I guess it will come down to
> which one you like the feel of.
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "pcmoxon" <teklinkuk@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ara,
>>
>> I have been using Parallels on my MacBook and iMac for around 15
>> months and have to say I have found it to be the most stable version
>> of Windows I have ever run. I work in IT and have many PC's and when I
>> look back and think about it, it is quite something to say that
>> Parallels make Windows work as well as it does. The best thing I like
>> about it is how you can backup your Windows installation and restore
>> it anytime you wish... in a couple on minutes. All you need to do od
>> Copy the Parallel image files over to a back device (or other folder).
>> This allow you you to test out any software you wish with the
>> knowledge that if the new software makes a mess of your system; just
>> throw away the Windows image file and restore your old one.
>>
>> Performance is very good too. Once Parallels is up and running (boots
>> nice and fast), I don't see any slow down using any of my apps
>> (Amibroker, MS Office apps, Ensign, NinjaTrader etc...).
>>
>> On the hardware side, my Macbook is an Intel 1.8GHz with 2GB of
>> memory. The iMac is 2GHz with 2GB memory.
>>
>> I haven't tried fusion maninly because I have no need. Parallels does
>> everything I need.
>>
>> Oh, forgot to mention, I only use Windows XP. Haven't tries Vista as
>> XP does me fine.
>>
>> I would highly recommend parallels. Works just fine with Amibroker.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Pete
>>
>>
>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ara Kaloustian" <ara1@> wrote:
>> >
>> > My wife had a copy of initial version of Parallels that was pretty
>> bad and at the time support was no better. She uninstalled Parallels
>> and started using BootCamp.
>> >
>> > I understand Parallels is working fine now ... and Fusion has come
>> unto the seen and is also good... and would like to reconsider using
>> one of them.
>> >
>> > Appreciate any feedback about Parallels and Fusion. Specifically
>> interested in their
>> >
>> > 1. Functionality
>> > 2. Ease of use
>> > 3. Support
>> > 4. Upgrade policies
>> > 5. Amount of memory needed (currently have 2GB)
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Ara
>> >
>>
>
>
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