[LBo] VMWare vs. Parallels

[Allen]

Billy,

I'm not enough of an expert to define the exact reasons. I've 
only used the paid version of VMWare that I was given at a job 
about a year ago. The Parallels I've used on a friend's Mac and 
PC at my daughter's school, so my answer is *very* subjective. It 
just seemed to work better with less fuss and load faster than 
VMWare. I had it explained to me why this was so, but it didn't 
set the sticky bits so it's gone.

Like a lot of things, YMMV, and it's what you are used to that 
feels comfortable that counts often more than the exact quality 
of the solution.

My only real point is that when seeking solutions don't select 
just because something has a big name. I see this all the time. 
It just happened where I'm working at the moment. They selected a 
full disk encryption solution without looking at all the 
potential solutions and as a result it does not integrate real 
well with the rest of their infrastructure. However, there were 
at least two much better solutions, one of which is being used in 
exactly the same type of environment for the Spanish government 
health services.

Best,

Allen


Billy Pollifrone wrote:
> What makes it "so far seem better" than other virtualization? What
> constitutes my forking over the hard earned $50?
> 
> - Billy
> 
> On 3/21/07, Allen <netsecurity at sound-by-design.com> wrote:
>> If you are looking at virtualization then you owe it to yourself
>> to look at Parallels:
>>
>> http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/
>>
>> $50 and so far it seems better than VMWare. Gets very high marks
>> in the Mac world and "Linux Magazine names Parallels Workstation
>> 2.2 "Emperor Class" software - its highest award."
>>
>> Haven't done any head to head testing but the little bit I've
>> used it, it seems quite good. I know people in the Mac world who
>> swear by it.
>>
>> Allen
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