Comments on: Does Parallels have to be installed on my iMac to run Windows? http://www.powermax.com/askjacob/2009/05/does-parallels-have-to-be-installed-on-my-imac-to-run-windows/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: ADHD Symptoms http://www.powermax.com/askjacob/2009/05/does-parallels-have-to-be-installed-on-my-imac-to-run-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-26625 ADHD Symptoms Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:09:16 +0000 http://www.powermax.com/askjacob/?p=1147#comment-26625 <strong>ADHD Symptoms...</strong> [...]Windows for Mac - Does Parallels have to be installed on my iMac to run Windows? | Ask Jacob[...]... ADHD Symptoms…

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]]> By: Jacobi http://www.powermax.com/askjacob/2009/05/does-parallels-have-to-be-installed-on-my-imac-to-run-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Jacobi Tue, 19 May 2009 00:09:34 +0000 http://www.powermax.com/askjacob/?p=1147#comment-903 You forgot to mention VirtualBox, a completely free virtualization solution. I have owned VMWare Fusion, a couple of versions of Parallels, and VirtualBox and can say that VirtualBox is probably the best out of the three. It provides the most flexible emulated hardware support and supports VM "pause", which VMWare does not without using the command line. (even with VMWare pause from the command line, it still consumes a lot of CPU, while VirtualBox is *much* easier on the CPU) Parallels is by far the worst and their support is miserable. I used to be a fan of Parallels, but they provide too many barely-tested incremental updates that leads to compatibility problems. I engaged their support several times, tried to escalate to management a couple of times, and finally got so disgusted, I asked for a refund after their last "upgrade". You forgot to mention VirtualBox, a completely free virtualization solution. I have owned VMWare Fusion, a couple of versions of Parallels, and VirtualBox and can say that VirtualBox is probably the best out of the three. It provides the most flexible emulated hardware support and supports VM “pause”, which VMWare does not without using the command line. (even with VMWare pause from the command line, it still consumes a lot of CPU, while VirtualBox is *much* easier on the CPU)

Parallels is by far the worst and their support is miserable. I used to be a fan of Parallels, but they provide too many barely-tested incremental updates that leads to compatibility problems. I engaged their support several times, tried to escalate to management a couple of times, and finally got so disgusted, I asked for a refund after their last “upgrade”.

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