What is the difference between bootcamp, Parallel and vmfusion? I am ordering for a new Macbook Pro. I am confused regarding the problem of sharing files. Most of my friends and the establishments around use Microsoft products. So I was thinking of ordering for parallel, but after reading some of the reviews I am confused as to what I should opt for. Does the boot camp come installed in the new Mac? And what should I opt for - the Parallel desktop or the VmFusion So the question.
Asked by fn. Nov 17, 2009. Best Answer: Using a MAC as a PC is confusing until you understand the choices. Here's what I have learned: BootCamp comes already installed on your Apple. You cannot get to BootCamp without re-booting your computer. And then you have to reboot again to get back to the Apple OS.
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Jun 21, 2012 Having trouble installing Windows 7HE on my iMac within Parallels. My iMac is not recognizing the *.exe file as a valid file on the install CD. To clean your Mac, download MacClean to help you after reading this guide about how to use external CD drive from another computer on Mac. If your new Mac doesn't have a CD/DVD drive but you want to read or burn CDs and DVDs, the Remote Disc will allow you to share a CD/DVD drive from another computer to Mac, and run some software installers.
This is a great nuisance, of course, having to reboot each time you want to change from Leopard to Windows and back. Two companies have developed a solution to this.
Parallels and VMWare/Fusion are products you can buy (both are priced the same). They allow you to run both Apple OS and Windows OS at the same time, without rebooting. It seems that each has some advantages over the other, so making a choice is easy (just do it) or hard (do lots of research).
Either can be downloaded or you can wait for the CD. You will need a license for the MS-Windows Op Sys you choose to load. Parallels or VMWare/Fusion do not supply it with their license to you.
It appears that 'most' Windows software works OK. Answered by Anonymous A from Xxxxxxxxxx. Nov 29, 2009. Yes, boot camp does comes with your Mac.
The difference about it is that boot camp needs to make a partition, and VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop is just a Virtual Machine and it doesn't need to make a partition. Boot Camp is only for Windows partition and not for other Operating Systems, but VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop have Windows and Other Operating System. There is a few problems about Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop. Some people put their Windows CD into the Mac and when you restart sometimes it cannot read the Windows CD. Parallels Desktop has a little problem when you are using Linux on the Virtual Machine. The screen is too big for Ubuntu, and it cannot use the regular size screen. I choose VMware Fusion 3 because it has a Isolated and a Seamless Virtual Machine.
It has a perfect screen for Linux, but it cannot use desktop effects. Only Windows XP, Vista, 7, and OpenGL can only use desktop effects. It takes less space than Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop. It takes about 4 or 5GB to use Windows and 3 or 4GB to use other operating systems. Also you can run Windows side by side.
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The best option is to choose VMware Fusion 3. Answered by Anonymous A. Jun 14, 2010.