VirtualBox vs VMware vs Parallels. Platform Virtual Machines (VM) are being used very heavily because they provide the ability to emulate a complete physical computer machine on top of another.
Parallels Vs Virtualbox For Mac
neilticktin writes 'MacTech performed an exhaustive set of benchmarks comparing Parallels Desktop 4 to VMWare Fusion 2 to run Windows on a Mac. To tackle this problem, MacTech undertook a huge benchmarking project starting in December — over 2500 tests by stopwatch. The goal was to see how the recent versions of VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop performed on different levels of Mac hardware, using XP, Vista, 64-bit, multi-procs, games, etc. ... As usual, results vary by what's important to you.'
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VMware Fusion ($79.99 for unlimited Macs): VMware Fusion walks the line between Parallels and VirtualBox, offering up a ton of options for tweaking your virtual machine, but still providing plenty. When considering virtualization within Apple, there are two names that immediately come to mind, Parallels and VMWare Fusion. While there are lots of others out there like VirtualBox or Boot Camp, people keep coming back to these two.