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#1
May 12th, 2008, 01:55 PM
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| VM Fusion 2 better than Parallels 3? VM Fusion is about $40 US at Amazon after a rebate. To UPGRADE from Parallels 2 to 3 it is $50 US. Is this a no-brainer? Is VM Fusion clearly better than Parallels 3 at the moment? Thanks for any insights. Specs: MBP 2.16 with 3 GB RAM. Just running Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP (nothing else!).  |
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#2
May 12th, 2008, 02:06 PM
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| How do you define "better" ?
__________________ My current machine is an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 24" with MacOS X 10.5.1. My Apples are here. My oldest Apple was born in 1977. Surf my .mac web site. GS/P/>SS d-(++) s+: a+ C+(C) U* P L+ E--- W++ N- o+ K? w O-- M++ V PS+ PE+ Y- PGP t+ 5 X+ R tv-- b+++ DI++ D+ G e+++ h---- r+++ y? Time is not changing, I'm just traveling through time. |
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#3
May 12th, 2008, 02:24 PM
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| I personnaly use VMWare for several months now (with XP SP2, executing only office software) on the BootCamp partition. No problem. But I didn't try gaming. I run games directly in BootCamp.
__________________ My current machine is an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 24" with MacOS X 10.5.1. My Apples are here. My oldest Apple was born in 1977. Surf my .mac web site. GS/P/>SS d-(++) s+: a+ C+(C) U* P L+ E--- W++ N- o+ K? w O-- M++ V PS+ PE+ Y- PGP t+ 5 X+ R tv-- b+++ DI++ D+ G e+++ h---- r+++ y? Time is not changing, I'm just traveling through time. |
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#4
May 12th, 2008, 02:29 PM
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| Give them both a try and decide yourself. That's the best way.  Either get a stable 30 days demo from both, or jump on the wagon for Fusion 2 Betas - they have a free license until the GA is out.
__________________ MacBook Pro + Mac mini | Newton 2000 | @Work : Dell D620 & 2x20" + a lot of Macs | Workstation, VC & Fusion Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. ~ Samuel Clemens | Rants | Photos |
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#6
May 12th, 2008, 04:16 PM
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| BTW, what are the main upgrades of Fusion 2 ? Fusion 1 is not bad.
__________________ My current machine is an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 24" with MacOS X 10.5.1. My Apples are here. My oldest Apple was born in 1977. Surf my .mac web site. GS/P/>SS d-(++) s+: a+ C+(C) U* P L+ E--- W++ N- o+ K? w O-- M++ V PS+ PE+ Y- PGP t+ 5 X+ R tv-- b+++ DI++ D+ G e+++ h---- r+++ y? Time is not changing, I'm just traveling through time. |
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#7
May 13th, 2008, 05:33 AM
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| Durbrow, there is a Beta.. http://communities.vmware.com/community/beta/fusion That link has the download link and the beta serial. and should have a list of the updates/changes from Fusion 1
__________________ MacBook Pro + Mac mini | Newton 2000 | @Work : Dell D620 & 2x20" + a lot of Macs | Workstation, VC & Fusion Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. ~ Samuel Clemens | Rants | Photos |
