Re: Parallels or vmware

On 2007-07-29 21:31:30 +0100, Iain Day <iain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

I realise this has been discussed previously, but its a fast moving target. What are everyone's current thoughts on parallels or vmware. I've just started a new job, and have a MacPro on which I want to virtualise linux [1]. We have some instrument control software which only runs on linux and I want to run test versions before I deploy to the instruments.

Then I'd advise going the VMware route, for the simple reason that it's more compatible than Parallels when it comes to using your machine on platforms other than a Mac. I use Parallels still due to its drag'n'drop onto the desktop from OS X, a feature I really like. However that's only for my 'home' install of Windows, for personal use. For any machines I'm using professionally, I always pick VMware.



Cheers,
Ian

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