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VMWare Fusion 4 vs Parallels Desktop 7: A User’s POV
15September 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 >
3+1 Reasons why Parallels 7 wins VS VMWare Fusion!
6September 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 >
To Mac, or to Windows? That’s your question, here’s my answer
0January 5, 2011
by Ken Ng
If you’re looking to get a new PC or notebook, chances are, you’ll be asking the question above. So, should you be getting a Mac or Windows machine? Well, in my humble opinion, the answer is pretty simple. If you are willing to fork out a little more (to get more too of course), then go for the Mac option as I had.
Sure, like I mentioned, the Mac option will be a little bit more expensive when compared with the ‘equivalent’ Windows option from More >
3 Reasons Why I Chose Parallels over VMWare Fusion
10September 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 >
Using Mac (or Linux) in a Windows dominated workplace
1July 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 >
Tip: Enabling ‘native’ NTFS read and write support on Snow Leopard, at your own risk
0June 21, 2010
by Ken Ng
If you’re use both Mac and Windows workstations, then you’d probably also have a bunch of removable hard disks that’s formatted as NTFS laying around. And you’d also obviously know that OS X does read from an NTFS partition. The trouble is, you don’t get NTFS write by default.
In Snow Leopard, both read and write capability is apparently available natively. The reason why it’s not officially available, it seems, is due to licensing issues More >
iPhone OS 4.0 – Windows Mobile 7: Multitasking or Not?
0February 8, 2010
by Ken Ng
Multitasking [mŭl'tē-tās'kĭng] n. The concurrent operation by one central processing unit of two or more processes.
It seems like multitasking is a never ending feature of discussion when it comes to the iPhone and it’s smartphone peers. Everyone seems to be fussing about the iPhone not supporting multitasking and as a result, it seems like the OS 4.0 would introduce some ‘new ways to multitask‘, whatever that means.
Then thereR More >
How to re-arrange your Windows XP taskbar
1January 21, 2010
by Ken Ng
The ability to re-arrange the applications on the taskbar is one of the nice new features of Windows 7. This is of course nothing exceptionally new, as the dock on Apple Macs allows you to do it for quite some time.
But if you’re still stuck in realm of Windows XP or even Vista, like me on my Win XP work machine, you’ll need some extra help to re-arrange those running applications on the taskbar.
