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What is the difference between VMware Fusion 4 and Parallels Desktop 7?

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  • Asked by Suman D from Petaling Jaya
  • Sep 25, 2011

3 Answers from the Community

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    I have both and the really are very similar in most respects. One difference I noticed is the Fusion is a little choppy when moving Windows around in Coherence mode while Parallels is smooth.

    My one big disappointment with Fusion over Parallels is that Fusion only supports 256MB of video memory while Parallels 7 supports up to 1 GB. This can make a big difference for gamers.

    • Answered by Steven M from Charlotte
    • Dec 2, 2011

  • Very similar products, with a big difference: with VMware Fusion you can play your virtual machines also on Windows or Linux hosts (using VMWare Workstation (paid) or VMWare Player (free)), except for VMs running MacOSX (obviously :-)).

    • Answered by Andrea B from Lavena Ponte Tresa
    • Oct 2, 2011

  • They are generally similar products, in that they accomplish the same thing. Running different OSs virtually. The features are very similar and of course they are many differences. You would have to get a product sheet to do a good comparison. But either should be fine.

    • Answered by Elvis K from Sacramento
    • Sep 30, 2011