Parallels 8 for Mac currently sells for $55 on Amazon, while VMware Fusion 5 is available for as low as $46.99.Īrs put Parallels 8 against VMware Fusion this week and found there is not much of a contest between the two virtualization powerhouses. We recommend checking out MacTech’s lengthy analysis. If you include all the tests where Parallels was at least 5% faster, as well as the balance of the 3DMark06 graphics tests, Parallels increased the lead further. Again, if you count up the general tests (including the top 3D graphics scores), Parallels won 56% of the tests by 10% or more. In the vast majority of our overall tests, Parallels Desktop 8 won. The conclusion: Parallels Desktop 8 won on the majority of general tests and 62 percent of 3D graphics tests. MacTech put the two apps to the test in a number of areas including launching various OSes, application performance, 3D graphics tests, Retina Support, and much more. We have seen Parallels 8 come out on top in benchmarks from previous reports, but this is by far the most comprehensive comparison. MacTech Magazine, which recently announced its upcoming MacTech BootCamp II, today looked at two of the most popular virtualization products for Mac with an in-depth benchmarking analysis of the most recent versions of Parallels Desktop 8 and VMware Fusion 5.
Generally Parallels is geared toward single users and has better performance whereas VMware is geared toward larger enterprise and folks who also work on PCs. We’ll have a full review of both apps shortly. The full version will be available tomorrow. The announcement comes just days after Parallels announced the release of Parallels Desktop 9, which is currently available as an upgrade. VMware Fusion 6 is available exclusively on the VMware Online Store for $59.99 or $49.99 for VMware Fusion 4 or 5 upgraders. Up to 16 virtual CPUs, 64GB of RAM, and 8TB of disk space – ready for the new Mac Pro coming soon.Built-in optimizations for the Haswell processors.Run Mavericks as a guest operating system – can be installed using the recovery partition in just a couple of clicks.Supports Mavericks multi-display features and even AirPlay displays.The new version of the virtualization software boasts over 50 new features and is prepared for the new operating systems coming from both Apple (Mavericks) and Microsoft (Windows 8.1). VMware has just released the immediate availability of VMware Fusion 6 and VMware Fusion 6 Professional.
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