Comparing Technologies:
Parallels Desktop® 6 for Mac vs VMware Fusion®
Parallels Desktop® 6 for Mac is
The #1 choice of customers worldwide.*
Tests have proven Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac
to be heads and shoulders above the competition.**
- Parallels Desktop 6 boots Windows more than 2x faster than Fusion.
- Parallels Desktop 6 scores more than 2x better on 3D graphics.
- Parallels Desktop 6 works with files on a USB drive faster than Fusion
- Parallels Desktop 6 works with files on a network faster than Fusion
- Parallels Desktop 6 works with shared folders faster than
Fusion
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5 reasons to switch from Fusion if you want Lion:
1. Fusion Migration Assistant doesn’t work on Lion
You’re ready to move to Mac, but want an easy way to bring all your programs, files documents and browser settings with you.
Only Parallels Desktop for Mac makes it easy for you to switch.
2. Boot Camp partitions don’t work in Fusion running on Lion
Parallels Desktop works great with Boot Camp.
3. Fusion doesn’t fully support running on Lion. We do
VMware says they will "provide best-efforts support if you choose to upgrade to Lion but cannot guarantee a resolution for all issues."
4. VMware makes you uninstall and reinstall before your USB devices will work with your virtual machine
Parallels Desktop doesn’t – it just works.
5. Parallels is unequalled in performance and customer loyalty
In 4,000+ MacTech benchmark tests, Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac "beat VMware Fusion 3.1 in 92% of the 3D graphics tests" and "84% of the general tests."
#1 choice of customers and market leader
- New! Parallels Mobile for iPhone and iPad– Enjoy full access and control of your Windows programs from wherever you are with our app.
- Enhanced! It’s simple to get started — move an existing Windows PC to a Mac or install a fresh copy of Windows with just 3-clicks and immersive environment for gaming, music and movies.
- New! Mac keyboard shortcuts in Windows applications — Don’t worry about learning Windows keyboard shortcuts. Use OSX keyboard shortcuts to make Windows applications work the way you do.
- Enhanced! Extended Windows 7 icon support — Windows 7 icons in the dock behave like true Win 7 icons with support for Jump Lists, progress indicators and duplicate app icons being grouped into one icon in the dock.
“I had a copy of VMware Fusion 3 installed on my iMac, but ever since editing our review of Parallels Desktop 6 I'd been itching to try it out with a Windows game. So I downloaded Parallels, migrated my VMware image to it, and used the Gametree code that I got for the Mac download to download the PC version of the Ultimate Edition (the same code is good for both Mac and PC)...
...I learned something wonderful and important: DA:O looks and runs way better under Parallels 6 than it does in its Mac port incarnation. Performance on my iMac was buttery smooth, even with all the settings maxed out. Part of this is no doubt due to the fact that I have a ridiculous beast of an iMac: a Core i7 model with 16GB RAM. Still, the Parallels experience was flawless, and in every way superior to VMware Fusion…”
— Jon Stokes, arstechnica.com
*Claim based on NPD Techworld Reports from the period 8/1/06 – 3/31/10
**Select tests by Crimson Consulting Group, July 2010.
