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1. #Parallels vs vmware vs virtualbox vs bootcamp full#
2. #Parallels vs vmware vs virtualbox vs bootcamp software#

Ps: I don't play games, at least on my work computer.

#Parallels vs vmware vs virtualbox vs bootcamp full#

If parallels made full use of the ram and CPU that it has assigned to it and basically can split the resources split in half, I would go with that, if not I may consider the dual boot.

#Parallels vs vmware vs virtualbox vs bootcamp software#

There is overhead and software emulation that goes in to play. I do understand that it depends on the resources you assign to it, but I also know assigning half the resources does not necessary make it half as powerful. Which is why I asked what the performance hit on a Parallels virtual machine would be versus running native windows.

I maybe be able to talk them in to making the system dual boot with Windows if needed though. It will be given to me through work IT if I go with a Mac so I do not have the say on if I want Parallels or VMware.

I do need to have a way of running Windows since there are couple programs that do not have Mac equivalents. I just never owned a Mac, neither used the Parallels application. I have used and set up 10+ virtual machines and currently have VMware on my desktop hosting Linux and OSX. I have a fairly good understanding of Virtual machines and dual boot systems. The people that will really benefit from Virtual Machines are people that need to do development (programming) in other operating system environments and those that need OS specific programs that are not available on other OSs. I've been finding however that OSX is better for me at general computing tasks. Assigning 2 cores, and 4GB of RAM can make the experience smooth and workable enough. Keep in mind you still have to run OSX as the underlying operating system so you can't assign everything to the virtual machine.

How fast or slow it will be will depend on how many resources you assign to the virtual machine. However if you want to do general computing tasks in the virtual machine that is more than doable. I have run VMware/Windows 7 to run some GOG games though. If you expect to game via virtual machine, you can go ahead and put that to rest for anything made within the last 10 years +/. VirtualBox is pretty damn good, but it does have some rough edges. I missed the better integration, reliable Coherence mode, etc. I used it for nearly a year and decided to go back to Parallels. The virtual machine by its very nature has more overhead than running natively. I used Parallels for years and then decided to try VirtualBox.