[Ham-Mac] Parallels v Fusion

[Bob Nielsen]

Either would be much faster than Virtual PC on a G4!  That was a big  
waste of money for me.  Fortunately my Mini came with Quicken  
(although it is much different than the Windows version I used  
previously).

I wonder how well some of the Linux ham software would compile and  
run.  I have used Colrdx and Xastir (with help from some macports  
packages) but haven't tried any others.

Bob, N7XY

On Nov 25, 2007, at 4:07 PM, John L Merrill wrote:

> Lon:
>
> I have used both on my Macbook and either one runs great. I like  
> VMware
> Fusion better because it implements usb to serial adapters better that
> Parallels and I think overall it runs faster than Parallels. As  
> they say
> your mileage may vary. But either one is fine. As you say it's an ugly
> thought to run Windows on a Mac but other than Macloggerdx I find  
> no other
> ham programs I want to run on a Mac. I run HRD and Writelog with  
> Fusion and
> they work fine. Other than Quicken, I don't use Windows on the Mac for
> anything else. I would also recommend 2gigs of memory if you haven't
> already.
>
> 73,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ham-mac-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:ham-mac-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lon Kinley
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 4:19 PM
> To: ham-mac at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Ham-Mac] Parallels v Fusion
>
> I am awaiting the delivery of my new 24" iMac and am looking at the
> options for running Windows (YUK!) on the machine. There was a thread
> several months ago about which application to use, but I didn't keep
> it.
>
> Please, your thought and opinions of Parallels v Fusion.
>
> Thanks,
>
> 73,
>
> Lon - W3LK
> Naugatuck, Connecticut
>
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