One thing to watch out for: Time Machine backups. The VM software is quite mature as they've been improving it for years ever since Apple went Intel and OS-X. By using a VM system, you have the option of flipping between the two operating systems. I'd recommend a Mac with 8-16 gig of memory, and with iMacs and Mac Pros supporting 32 gig or more, that's what I'd do. It can take a while, so personally I would upgrade the tools for the first couple of months when a new edition of the software came out, then ignore it if I didn't have a lot of time available.įunctionally, it works just fine. Also, whenever they upgrade their 'Parallels Tools', it will upgrade your VM (each and every VM that you have), which will require a VM reboot. They seem to revel in making their system incompatible with the next OS.
As the upgrade is typically $50, it's no big deal, but it's annoying. Also, they'll hound you whenever a new version of Windows comes out. Apple releases a new OS-X every year, and every year Parallels will hound you to buy a new upgrade.
I would give VMWare a slight preference as you can swap images between your laptop and your employer's infrastructure, assuming they're running a VMWare environment and policy (and disk space!) allow.Ī couple of 'gotchas' with Parallels.
I don't think you can convert virtual machine images between those two, so I'll be doing a full rebuild. (I think there are one or two other VM packages out there, but I have no experience with them: Parallels and VMWare are the biggies) Personally I use Parallels currently though I'm contemplating a switch to VMWare. I will be buying a new PC box soon, mainly for dedicated vintage gaming and SQL Server.Īs Orlando pointed out, your two common ways of doing it is to run a VM using Parallels or VMWare, or using Bootcamp to effectively dual-boot your computer in to a Windows environment. Mac user here, I switched from Windows to Mac for personal use in 2007.
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