#PARALLELS SLOW INTERNET ON VM SOFTWARE#

Thanks for the next instalment in the Parralels vs Fusion review seriesĪs a multi-platform software developer, a good capable VM host is one of our most important tools after the various IDEs Ugggh.Īre there any issues with running Parallels, Fusion and VirtualBox concurrently on the same 'mac?' With the advent of 12-core Xeons, a new 12-core MacPro, and potentially 24-core hackintoshes, this could make sense in some situations. I use Parallels and am amazed how well it works overall, given the not too distant past when Connectix/MS Virtual PC was the only viable option. You have separate environments and duplicative hardware (and software in some cases), and excess power consumption. KVMs are a hassle and switching is annoyingly slow. Nice to read more from Dave beyond the creative content industry. Autodesk Inventor in my case, which works pretty well under Parallels.Īgreed: great article. I have Windows set up on my Mac using a Boot Camp partition (which both Parallels and VMWare are able to mount and run as VMs) so I can run my necessary software in a VM and I can dual-boot if necessary.

You never hear of a Windows user using products like this in order to use a 'must have' app on OS X.įor me, being able to keep everything on one laptop is very convenient.

A review of a product used to run professional Windows programs on a Mac. That won't be appropriate for casual users of Windows of course but since the review focused on so many professional graphics applications I am suggesting the above. Since a lot of your professional work seems to be done in Windows, might it not be better to have a separate dedicated Windows workstation and use something like a KVM switch or even just RDP into the workstation?

Parallels slow internet on vm