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VMWare Fusion 4 vs Parallels Desktop 7: A User’s POV

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September 24, 2011
by Ken Ng

It’s without a doubt that the very recent release of VMware Fusion 4 and Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac has invigorated the on-going comparisons between the two popular virtualization solutions for Mac users.

Both has its own merits and depending on your expectations and needs from the virtualization solution, both choices will deliver what it promises to you.

I’ve previously written an article here on why I thought Parallels Desktop 7 just beats More >

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3+1 Reasons why Parallels 7 wins VS VMWare Fusion!

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September 7, 2011
by Ken Ng

Caveat: This is an updated article which I originally wrote using Parallels Desktop 5 and quickly after that, upgraded to Parallels Desktop 6, comparing it with VMWare Fusion 3.0. That’s almost exactly one year ago from today.

Now, if you are not already aware, Parallels Desktop 7 is to be released on September 6. With this latest version, here’s a revised and updated viewpoint on my comparison between the two.

Why virtualize and not just More >

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3 Reasons Why I Chose Parallels over VMWare Fusion

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September 18, 2010
by Ken Ng

UPDATE: This article is refreshed in this latest published version here: 3+1 Reasons why Parallels 7 wins VS VMWare Fusion!

 

If you’re like me, especially if you are working in an organizations where a most of the internal ERP systems are built only for Windows platform, and is also a Mac user, chances are you would want to be able to run both Mac and Windows applications at the same time. And if you’ve done your homework online, you would More >

Fix: Parallels iPhone Service won’t start

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August 4, 2010
by Ken Ng

Here’s a quick tip to fix for those of you Mac users who are using Parallels 5 as the virtualization solution.

Support came back to me with the following steps to fix the problem. First, quit Parallels if it’s already running. Then go through the steps noted below.

  1. Go to /Library/Parallels/
  2. Right-click on “Parallels Service.app” -> Show Package Contents
  3. Go to /Contents/PlugIns/
  4. Right-click on “Parallels Network Start.app” -> Show Package More >
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Using Mac (or Linux) in a Windows dominated workplace

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July 4, 2010
by Ken Ng

It’s a (sad) fact that most corporate workplace are still using Windows as the only supported platform for work. It’s not that I’ve anything against Windows. Don’t get me wrong here. Instead, I personally think that if I choose to run Mac and Linux OS, so be it. Why should one get shun off just because the corporate standards and softwares only support Windows.

Now, what would your options be?

One is obviously to setup a dual-boot environment More >

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