Fusion VS Parallels?

I have a macbook pro with 4 gig memory and 2.53 ghz core 2 Duo. I don't want to wait for the complete version of 4. I have been using 4 on my windows machine and it's just too cool not to use.

So Mac friends, which one to go out and buy - Fusion or Parallels? And can you cut and paste between logos and the mac software (ie Word or pages)?

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Dennis Miller

I have used both, but when paralells released v4 and broke what was a perfectly good working app in v3, I got my money back and switched to fusion. I have been more than happy with fusion so far and yes you can cut and paste between apps/OS's. The coolest feature is the unity (fusion)/coherence (Para) mode which basically integrates both OS's into one desktop and you can run apps from either one on your mac desktop. Cool Stuff. I find myself needing Windows less and less, I have been crippling along with L4 alpha's and mainly getting by for now. There is a performance hit running L4 Windows in the VM.

Matthew Bookspan

I would recommend searching through the forums for additional feedback.

From my personal testing, I am seeing better throughput with P5 running WinXP. However, Fusion is more reliable (I haven't crashed with it compared to P5).

I have two different VMs:

MBPro (mid 2009 model) 2.4Ghz/4GB RAM/Parallels 5 (latest build) + WinXP
iMac (mid 2008 model) 3.06Ghz/4GB RAM/Fusion 3.0.2 + Win7

I have both VMs set to take 1.5GB of RAM, 1 proc, and with the video acceleration disabled.

Hope this info helps.

Matthew

Pat Flanakin

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/94024#Comment_94024

I have a MB Pro and using VM3 with L4 since December. No complaints, but I would advise you to jump to 8GB RAM if your model allows, just as everything is much smoother and responsive with plenty of RAM plate to work with.

I am looking forward to the native Mac version of L4, but I am okay for now. I remember you follow the tips in the wiki to tweak performance in Windows through VM.

John Fidel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/94028#Comment_94028

I am using Parallels 5 with winXP and have no problems. I cannot speak for the other.

David Kim

I have the exact same specs Macbook pro with 4 GB RAM & 2.53 core Duo. It was a big headache in the beginning trying to figure out which one works better ... Fusion vs. Parallel. Make the long story short, I opted for Parallel and I am very happy with the performance. Can't speak for others ... after trying to tweak each program ... I just had a better performance with Parallel. I followed all the recommendation for both programs from the forum. But, I found that Parallel was better for me. I also agree ... more ram is good ... I am definitely waiting to upgrade to 8GB RAM when the RAM prices come down. Blessings.

Terry Poperszky

So Mac friends, which one to go out and buy - Fusion or Parallels? And can you cut and paste between logos and the mac software (ie Word or pages)?

The answer to both questions is YES. [:P]

The Fusion/Parallel race is a perfect example of competition in action. Either time one pulls ahead, the other releases new features and greater speed. Currently Parallels 5 is ahead (barely), but Fusion just released a minor update yesterday, so who knows. I personally have run them both and settled on Fusion. But that is mainly because I am in the industry and VMWare is a large part of what I do on a daily basis.

si_cochran

Billy,

Though I have not actually used Parallels, I went with Fusion because it had lower system requirements to run the program (at least the last time I looked), and I heard time after time from various individuals that Fusion was a better program. Fusion has worked perfectly for me from the very start. It is easy to install/setup and easy to use. Copy and paste from Mac OSX to Windows XP and vice versa works seamlessly. Though I needed to do a little tweaking to run Logos 4 (see the Logos forums for the proper Fusion setup), once the adjustments were made L4 works well on Windows XP SP3 with 1 Gig Ram allocated to the virtual machine. L4 is not blazing fast in this setup, but works well. I am hoping to run L4 natively in Mac OSX once the L4 Mac engine is stable.

lostlogik

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/94046#Comment_94046

I'm from the Parallels camp using 5 on my MB white. Very happy, running XP in Crystal mode, so it all looks very Mac like. Very happy with it, its ease of installation setup and running. Can't complain about anything, well, wish I had 4GB rather than 2, but that's another story. Trouble with Logos is any cash you think you have spare for something suddenly gets sucked up by another book or two (yet another story).

Jack Caviness

So Mac friends, which one to go out and buy - Fusion or Parallels?

I have used both in various releases. I currently use P-5, but I don't think you will go wrong with either one.

Dewayne Davis

I am using P5 without any problem. I used Parallels a couple years ago and switched to Fusion because it was much better. But When Parallels 5 came out and got such rave reviews, I downloaded the trial and found it to work great. I bought it because they offered me the upgrade price because I was a Fusion customer. Kind of a competition crossgrade / upgrade. But I never tried Fusion 3, because I was afraid it would mess up my Fusion 2 installation, which held my financial software. And since I liked P5 so much, I never had a reason to try it at all. I am however, strongly considering going to 6 Gigs ram. 8 Gigs is just too expensive right now. Either way, I don't think you can go wrong.