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MacTech Labs: Virtualization Benchmarks, Fall 2011

MacTech Labs: Virtualization Benchmarks


Head-to-Head: How do VMware Fusion 4 and Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac compare?

By Neil Ticktin, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher

Why Virtualization?

In 2005, Apple announced the switch of the Mac platform from PowerPC to Intel processors (the first Intel-based models were available in early 2006). This introduced some interesting opportunities for the Mac, including the ability to run operating systems other than Mac OS X on a Mac.

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Parallels Desktop 7 vs. 6: Should you upgrade?

By the Neil Ticktin, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher

MacTech Labs puts the new Parallels Desktop to the test to answer this question.

The Upgrade Question

One of the most frequent questions we’ve been getting recently is “Should I upgrade to Parallels Desktop 7?” We decided to take a quick look and put Parallels Desktop to the test by comparing the new version 7 to version 6 (the previous version). This comparison is only about speed, and not about features.

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