Comments on: Fusion Vs. Parallels – Fusion clear winner in Benchmark tests

By: Kartik

Kartik — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:22:20 +0000

I agree. I have been using Parallels 3.0 since December 2007. It is one of the worst pieces of software on the market. It has crashed 3 times. One time, I had to erase and completely reinstall the Mac OS X. I have tried to contact the Parallels support team 4 times to help, but their support is lousy (never responded).

DO NOT BUY THIS SOFTWARE. I will be switching to VM Fusion.

By: RIchard

RIchard — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:21:28 +0000

I have just tried the 1.1 release of Fusion. I have been using Parallels for the last 9 months. I’ll be changing. Parallels is buggy in full screen mode using spaces – it keeps causing other apps to resize when it changes screen modes – and is way more sluggish. Like most people my experience with Parallels support has also been poor. I never got a reply to any of my support emails. Ever.

You can full screen Fusion in a space and move between it seamlessly. Despite trying I cannot get it to work like this on Parallels. The unity is also smoother then Parallels coherence mode.

Fusion is much closer to the user experience I have come to enjoy as a mac user. The look of fusion is not an issue – I’d take performance over eye candy any day.

(MacBook Pro 2.4).

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:52:18 +0000

Parallels was better before Fusion came out of beta. But, now… FUSION IS THE CLEAR WINNER!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:49:17 +0000

That’s interesting to hear that Fusion is that much better–seems to me that I remember reading tons of reviews saying not to waste your time with Fusion…I’ll have to try it out for myself. Thanks for posting this, Michael.

By: krye

krye — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:45:33 +0000

I preordered Parallels when it was avaialble for $40. I’ve been using Parallels for a year. I have not been blown away with its performance. Especially USB.

I have been trying the Fusion beta since it first came out. I purchased Fusion for $40 when it was avaialble on pre order. Why? Because Fusion blew Parallels out of the water. It looks better, is less buggy, interacts with the hardware (USB) better and is in general more resposive. And looks nicer, too.

Before I switched to the Mac, I used VMWare for years on Windows/Linux without a problem. VMWare is the industry leader. And now that Intel is throwing them millions for R&D, you’d be silly sticking with Parallels.