Virtualization for Mac os - what to choose?

Question

macOS

Experienced habrausers advise what to use for virtualization under poppy?

Vmware Fusion
Parellels

Primarily interested in Windows XP virtualization performance

Answer 1

I chose Parallels - I installed the 6th version, compared to the 3rd version there is a huge difference :)

Answer 2

Start with VirtualBox if something does not suit you then you should think about something else

Answer 3

Prior to the 5th version of Parallels, they were on a par with VmWare in terms of performance. Then Parallels somehow abruptly stepped forward. When I last compared them, it wasn't just faster, it was significantly faster.
In the 6th Parallels added all sorts of nice features, such as support for Space and Expose in a virtual machine - it's convenient, you can drag Windows applications to different virtual tables and switch in the usual way. Now I don't even want to look at VmWare :)

Answer 4

VMware.
1. More reliable - has never caused failures of the main system. (Parallels hung the car in a gray screen)
2. Support for non-Windows at a height
3. Compatibility - the vmware virtual machine can be easily transferred between Linux / Windows / Mac / server environment (ESX / ESXi).

Answer 5

If you need to run Windows - then Parallels. Good Mac / Windows integration, inconspicuous mode (when there are no parallels anywhere - only Windows applications). Well, in DeepEple (other dealers also have one) you can buy an OEM supply , which is cheaper than a regular box (and than on the site, too).
KP did not catch from the 4th version :)

Answer 6

Actually, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_VMware_Fusion_and_Parallels_Desktop has both benchmarks and functionality comparison.
According to the tests of Parallels 5 with Fusion 3, the first wins significantly. On average, by ~ 10% when working with office software, ~ 50% in toys, ~ 30% in the speed of launching applications, ~ 30% in the speed of working with files.
The new Parallels seems to be even faster in toys, as for office work, I did not notice a difference in speed between Parallels 6 and Parallels 5.

Answer 7

I used Par a llels on a hackintosh, it worked very fast, I loved the Inline mode.

Answer 8

Some time ago I moved to Virtualbox. The other day I installed VMWare and Parallels, for comparison. As a result, I stayed on Virtualbox. On my mbp virtualbox does both paralyu and vmvaryu.

Answer 9

At first I used VMWare - there were problems when loading Windows, it hung for a long time at the very beginning, after some time it died off and then it worked confidently. Brakes were observed between switching fullscreen-window mode.
With the release of the 6th version of the parallels, I set myself a trial - no problems. Windows loads quickly, works stably, switching between modes is smooth, nothing freezes.
I don’t know if it’s a plus or a minus, but the parallel devours the RAM as it is needed, and vmware - all at once. So if you need to use undemanding applications, then the parallel is softer to resources

Answer 10

I like vmware better

Answer 11

Used all three solutions: Parallels, VMWare, VirtualBox. Performance is the same everywhere, maybe Parallels is a little faster.
But most of all I liked VMWare. It's hard to say why. Convenient, fast, stable. I like the combined mode, but it is more demanding on resources (I have a 15" MBP).

Answer 12

VMWare. Worked like clockwork. Parallels not only hung up the system, but also the performance was much worse. But the most unpleasant thing is that after the removal of the product (one of the early versions), some kind of daemon remained in the system, or whatever they are called in Apple. I had to clean it up by hand.
Yes, and we already wrote here, there are no problems with portability - it works in both directions.
I am currently using VirtualBox. I'm not complaining, although there are problems with the "hot" forwarding of USB devices.
For toys, crossover games are still recommended, and it seems like their code is in macports and can be used for free. I won't lie - I didn't elaborate.

Answer 13

vmware. more stable, maybe a little slower in Windows than parallels.
plus now you can upgrade cheaply