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Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac

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On 2015-03-23, Ymir <agisaak.spamblock@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've read various online reviews, but I thought I'd also ask here 
> whether anyone has opinions on the relative strengths of Parallels and 
> VMFusion for Virtualizing windows (and linux) on a Mac.
>
> This is for someone who would be using windows fairly infrequently, and 
> isn't particularly concerned about gaming.

Both are great at it. They tend to leap frog each other every couple
years in terms of features; but both are roughly the same and run
Windows at almost full speed for most operations. Through the years I
have preferred VMware Fusion because on the whole they seem to have a
bit better support and a better handle on their bugs.

While there is some 3D acceleration support, it typically requires
closer access to hardware than virtualization solutions provide to
perform well, which is why you wouldn't want to use a virtual machine to
do that sort of thing. For everything else, though, it's usually
downright zippy. 

Note: You do need to have sufficient free RAM to allow for the virtual
machine and guest operating system (Windows) to run well. If you are
running the latest Mac OS X (10.10 - Yosemite), I recommend having more
than 4GB of RAM installed - 8GB or higher would be preferable - for best
results.

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JR

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Windows 8.1 on Mac Ymir <agisaak.spamblock@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 07:40 -0600
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-23 13:59 +0000
    Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Ymir <agisaak.spamblock@gmail.com> - 2015-03-24 00:49 -0600
      Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-24 15:12 +0000
      Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-25 08:04 +1200
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac eastender <email@domain.com> - 2015-03-23 17:46 +0000
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-23 19:12 +0000
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-24 08:14 +1200
    Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-23 16:40 -0400
      Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-23 17:01 -0400
        Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-24 11:07 +1300
        Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-23 18:26 -0400
      Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-23 21:47 +0000
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac claudel@sonic.net (Claude V. Lucas) - 2015-03-23 20:07 +0000
    Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-24 13:20 +1200
  Re: Windows 8.1 on Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-23 16:37 -0400

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