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Ara,
Even though Parallels was not the best it could be when it first came
out, there was nothing else that could do what it could do. I would
not be here today if they had not come out with it when they did. It
took years for Fusion to come out as an also ran only after Parallels
proved there was a market and developed it.
That would be like saying that you are not going to use AmiBroker
today because version 1 was not nearly as good as other software that
came years later. You have to compare products as they exist at the
time the decision is to be made. Go with the software that best meets
your needs today with the versions that are offered today. I am sure
both companies will stay in business and continue to improve their
products in the future.
I believe they both offer a trial period. Try them both and pick the
one you like best.
BR,
Dennis
On Sep 8, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Ara Kaloustian wrote:
> 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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