Parallels Desktop vs. Boot Camp

[Webby]

Which one is better? Parallels freezes on me and crashes sometimes. :o

[User6060]

Well you can't really compare a virtual machine to a native solution. Both have their advantages and disadvantages.

You can run both windows apps and mac apps simultaneously with parallels but you sacrifice speed. you get the full use of your hardware's performance with bootcamp but you miss out on the 'mac' experience and OS.

[5Horizons]

If you're having problems with parallels and want to use a virtual machine, give VMWare Fusion a try.

[Quillz]

If you want a virtual machine solution, go with VMware Fusion. It's actually cheaper on an educational discount ($39 vs. $79,) and overall, I just find it runs faster.

Anyway, Boot Camp is great if you want to run, say, Windows Vista completely natively so you get Aero Glass, etc. But I find a virtual machine more useful.

[Xero]

VMWARE FTW!

[Phalesafe]

I have both Parallels 3 and VMware Fusion. VMware Fusion is ace compared to Parallels. But yes nothing can compare to running in native mode. If you need to transfer files between the Boot Camp partition and your mac just get a NTFS add on for your mac.

[CPressland]

Parallels is a pile-o-crap, if it's gaming or 3D rendering you want to do then BootCamp is the way to go, if it's just running a few windows applications the VMWare is the way you want to go

[temple_treefrog]

I used VMware Fusion on Tiger (with Windows XP SP2). It worked perfectly.

[Raa]

... just get a NTFS add on for your mac.

Any suggestions?

[temple_treefrog]

Any suggestions?

NTFS 3G

[NeoTrunks]

NTFS 3G

Yup. I use that to mount my bootcamp partition and it works flawlessly.

[Raa]

Cheers! :)

[Jase]

Thanks fellas!