There are some applications that required support and some may want to run exactly these applications however, in my eyes the majority does not focus on 3D support alone. On the other hand, it is always a question how important 3D support in a virtual machine really is. If you look at their forums you will read more than enough about their 3D support. Parallels claim to support DirectX 9.0 but this is rather limited to a few functions. It probably is no better than what Fusion has right now if at all. Having said this, now to your comparison:Īlthough advertised differently, there is barely any DirectX support in Parallels so far. Each forum has strong supporters of each solution (naturally) so the outcome probably will be that you need to buy both. Well.first of all, posting such a question on either forum pretty much already dictates the answers you should expect. It's the best way to get both opposing camps views and information on the products as far as I can see. I've decided to post this on both the VMWare and Parallels forums. (or make corrections, for example i'm unsure of 64bit support in Parallels) If I have missed any features or disadvantages of either VM software please let me know so I can add them to the above. However, i'd rather not have two VM software solutions on my Mac probably taking up resources when not even running. In the grand scheme of things I could buy both, since currently Fusion is essentially £20 and not major money. \* Cannot run an OS X VM in Parallels (can't Parallels talk to Apple about allowing OS X to run in a VM in Parallels Desktop? I would also consider this an instant purchase feature) \* No support for more than one processor \* No AMD64/x86-64 support (I could be wrong on this, there is mention of 64bit support in the "future" version of 3.0 but no actual mention of this support anywhere I can find) \* Parallels Snapshots sounds awfully familiar to "Snapshot Manager" in VMWare Workstation, if this is a similar feature then it's definitely purchase worthy \* Dedicated app written for OS X only (possibly lower memory/resource usage) \* DirectX 9 (Direct3D, no mention of OpenGL so unsure) \* Cannot run an OS X virtual machine in Fusion (can't VMWare talk to Apple about allowing OS X to run in a VM in Fusion? I would also consider this an instant purchase feature) \* Because it's cross platform there is probably some level of middleware/abstraction with VMWare Workstation/Fusion which means it might take up slightly more memory/resources than a written for OS X app only \* Some overhead when not even running (this has always been a personal gripe of mine with the pc version, vmware adds lots of stuff running in the background when VMWare isn't even running) \* A pause button, where's the fantastic snapshot manager from workstation? \* Lack of snapshot manager (this is what I consider THE killer feature of any VM software, implement this and it's instant purchase) \* DirectX 8.1 support (Where's DirectX 9? And will I have to buy a new version of Fusion if DX9 support is added?) \* Excellent support for non-windows VM's \* $40 if I pre-order now (£20, yay weak Dollar) \* VMWare (years of VM experience so probably better support for more archs) \* DirectX 8.1 support (OpenGL and Direct3D 8.1) (i'll probably stick the trial on my Macbook when I get home tonight) I have yet to try Parallels, it's something I keep meaning to do. Parallels has DirectX 9 support whilst Fusion only has 8.1, however I won't be able to take advantage of that (realistically) until I get my Macbook Pro sometime this year (Currently have a Macbook).īecause Fusion has now become available to pre-order it's awfully tempting as I have one of the betas installed and do have a personal preference for VMWare from the pc version.
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