[Ham-Mac] new iMac: parallels vs. fusion?

[Jack Brindle]

The advise about the 27" iMac is old and now out of date. Apple has  
been working very hard to correct the problem. They issued a software  
update for it last week. The 27" iMac should be a very good system at  
this point; I would not hesitate to buy one were I in the market...

As for parallels vs fusion - be sure to also take a look at  
VirtualBox. It is free and works _very_ well. Also, when you buy the  
iMac, be sure to take a good look at the prootions available form the  
vendor. I recently bought a 13" MacBook Pro, and picked up a copy of  
Fusion 3.0, After rebates, it was free. As other have said, free is a  
very good price.

You really can't go wrong with any of the three virtual systems.  
VirtualBox will require a bit more work if you wish to use KeySpan  
serial ports, but even that can be handled without too much work.  
Support for all three is very good.

Me? I use both VirtualBox and Fusion at home and work. N1MM runs quite  
well under VirtualBox. And, I will add, while Fusion comes with a year  
subscription to a virus tool, I do not use it. The virtual system does  
not see email, and rarely sees the internet (the exception is for N1MM  
packet spots). I also have all my systems behind a good firewall. I  
have no problems. That also means that I have all the horsepower of my  
system to run programs instead of sacrificing much of it (typically  
50%) that the virus apps take.

Jack Brindle, W6FB


On Dec 24, 2009, at 10:26 PM, John L Merrill wrote:

> The reviews say Parallels is better and faster. I run 4.0 not the  
> new 5.0 yet and i like it with XP.
> Don't buy the new 27" iMac. They are having troubles with the  
> monitors. Apparently the 20.5" one is ok.
>
> 73,
> John N1JM
> late 2008 MacBook pro
>
>
> On Dec 24, 2009, at 9:19 PM, EZ Rhino wrote:
>
>> 	OK gang,
>>
>> Looks like I'm taking the plunge.  I'm going to be ordering a new
>> iMac in the next day or so.  I currently have an older iMac and run
>> MLDX and CocoaModem; really looking forward to the new MLDX.
>>
>> I'm also excited to start running OSX and XP and using XP to run some
>> windows apps such as N1MM.  What is the consensus, parallels or
>> fusion?  Anything I need to know before I buy?  Looks like there are
>> some rebates that make parallels almost free if I order it with the
>> computer.
>>
>> Chris
>> KF7P
>>
>>
>> OH yeah, Merry Christmas!!!
>>
>>
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