New to OS Virtualization, what's best to use?

[aicul]

ElDiabloConCaca you are just wonderful.

maybe you could have read that I used parallels v2.

and also if you had all this knowledgeable information, why not provide it in the first place.

a saddened aicul

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Ah, yes, I overlooked the fact that you were running Parallels version 2. I can wholeheartedly say that Parallels version 3 is much improved over version 2. If you're willing to test out version 3, I think you'll see that you can do many of the things you weren't able to do in version 2.

I didn't provide all this information up front because the original question was simply about "gaming" in a virtualized environment, not about how Parallels and VMWare Fusion compare to each other and interact with Mac OS X.

I am sorry that I saddened you. Now I am sad as well. Let's be sad together!

[mala]

Hi,

I'm about to get a MacBook Pro instead of a PC when I change employer soon. It's a more or less 100% PC/Windows environment so I plan to use virtualization to fire up Windows (probably Vista) if/when the need arise (if these is an app I need to run without a Mac equivalent, or if there is a website thar requires IE or something like this). Performance is not the big thing here, the important is that it will work, as if I had a PC. Parallels or VMWare?

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Either one would accomplish what you want to do just fine. Whether you use VMWare or Parallels is strictly up to you and is subjective -- some people prefer Parallels, some VMWare, but in the end, both run Windows just fine with just a few minor differences.

[mala]

Okey, I'm fine with that.....thx

[sgould]

I'm looking to get a MacBook to run some Windows only programmes. One of these uses ActiveX. Does ActiveX need to be run natively through BootCamp or will Parallels/VM work too.

A year or two back I bought a IBM ThinkPad to run this, since the ActiveX stuff wouldn't run in Connectix Virtual PC. ThinkPad has now decided to die.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Both Parallels and VMWare's Fusion will do ActiveX.

Microsoft's "Windows Update" site for updating Windows works through both of these when you're running Windows, and Windows Update uses ActiveX controls.

[sgould]

Thanks!

Looks like I'll be spending money tomorrow!