[njuyhb]

Which of the two vm's (fusion or parallels) do people like more for running windows xp on a mac?

I have heard that if you already have used boot camp to install windows on a separate partition, that one of the vm's (fusion?) will detect it and use it for its windows install, so you don't need to waste harddrive space on two windows installations. Is this true?

I have also heard that one of them allows you to run windows apps within the finder fairly seamlessly. Is this true?

Which one is better for openGL apps?

More generally, is one of these vm's generally considered to be better than the other?

Thanks.

[ibook_steve]

I opened a recent discussion on this:

http://forums.macnn.com/104/alternat...-battle-wages/

After going from Parallels to Fusion, I've gone back to Parallels. Both programs work with a Boot Camp partition, so you don't have to have two separate Windows installations. Fusion was OK, but I was seeing a number of graphical glitches with its Unity feature (Windows windows integrated with Mac OS X windows). I like Parallels Coherance better. I also seem to get better performance with Parallels. The latest build (5582, I believe), is quite good. I haven't tried many 3d apps with them, though Fusion is supposed to have the advantage here. Others can attest to this.

You can try both out with their free downloads.

Steve