When I first got my Mac (Before VMware Fusion was out) I swore by Parallels - Coherence was such an awesome feature that allowed Mac and Windows programs to run side by side. Once VMware came out with Fusion I wanted to see what the difference was - the main difference was that Fusion doesn’t have a start bar in Unity mode, it only has a program launch menu. Hated this at first but now I really like that feature.
I still haven’t fully made up my mind on the two products, Parallels seems to handle switching between laptop and external monitor resolution a lot better, but Fusion is MUCH faster for me.
I found a performance test that compared Boot Camp, Parallels, CrossOver, and Fusion. The result was that VMware Fusion was pretty far ahead in terms of performance - a few things that suprised me was Fusion can utilize 2 CPU cores, while Parallels can use one. Fusion can use 128mb video memory while Parallels can use 64mb.
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