Interesting and well written review. Thanks. I use Parallels, I find it great. Do you have enough experience of Parallels to make a speed comparison? This isn't meant to be provocative, but if VirtualBox is quicker, I'll switch...
4fthawaiian
· 1 year ago
Hey, thanks for the comment!
I've used Parallels quite a lot, actually, and on a low-fi install of windows like I use, I find VB to be much, much faster. I don't have bench figures, or anything, but my poor little MacBook running only 1G of ram runs MUCH better when running VB vs running Parallels.
However, I've tried ALL those and had frequent font issues, and a few gui issues (toolbar icons not displaying, etc) that really undermine my confidence. Running on an actual windows install feels a lot more secure.
Thanks for the comment :)
Bob Crum
· 1 year ago
Nice work Brad! and very Thorough.... I will have to check out VB for much the same reason. I am looking forward to your Vitriolic post on CSS in IE... I am out of my mind with frustration in that arena!
4fthawaiian
· 1 year ago
Bob! Thanks! I was going for thorough. I didn't think I'd ever write this many words for anything. I wish my 10th grade english teacher could see me now..
As for the CSS/IE post.. There probably aren't enough profanities to properly encapsulate my feelings on the topic. I'll need to wait for the lexicon of vulgarity to properly evolve :P
Great post, really well written mate! Keen to chat to you about this!
4fthawaiian
· 1 year ago
Thanks, Mitch! Much appreciated. Glad you found the information useful.
Paul Gauntlett
· 1 year ago
I've used Parallels and Fusion - just for simple Windows accounting and office software and found them frustrating. I just cannot believe Virtualbox - its so FAST. Absolutely BRILLIANT Paul
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I've used Parallels quite a lot, actually, and on a low-fi install of windows like I use, I find VB to be much, much faster. I don't have bench figures, or anything, but my poor little MacBook running only 1G of ram runs MUCH better when running VB vs running Parallels.
Thanks for stopping by!
However, I've tried ALL those and had frequent font issues, and a few gui issues (toolbar icons not displaying, etc) that really undermine my confidence. Running on an actual windows install feels a lot more secure.
Thanks for the comment :)
I am looking forward to your Vitriolic post on CSS in IE... I am out of my mind with frustration in that arena!
As for the CSS/IE post.. There probably aren't enough profanities to properly encapsulate my feelings on the topic. I'll need to wait for the lexicon of vulgarity to properly evolve :P
http://digg.com/apple/Oh_SNAP_Free_Virtualizati...
Paul