What solution I chose for Windows 7 x64 on a Mac!

In day to day operations I actually have a Mac Pro which runs with a 2.66ghz processor and about 8gb of ram.  This is my primary machine which has been bootcamped and runs Windows 7 X64 – 100% of the time.  It is truly an amazing experience and works perfectly without the smallest of hic-cups.  When I come home I usually work on a MAC, only because I am too lazy to actually boot camp my machine at home….  I will eventually get to it…  Therefore I use virtualization software to run Windows on my mac.  I have tested every software, known to me, and come up with fascinating results…all of which can be found on this site.  The conclusion:

• Dump Sun’s Virtual Box.
• Use VMware Fusion and Parallels

Why use two products that do one thing?  Simply put they both have a unique offering.  You may like to select one and stick with it..but I keep both on here with various virtual machines that run everything from Ubuntu to Windows 2008 Server in 64bit Mode.  The one product that I refuse to use at this point is Sun’s Virtual Box….yes it is a free product but there are lots of addtional steps that one needs to take to get a machine up and running properly.

VMware and Parallels both were the clear winners because they worked right out of the box and my VM’s were up and running in a very short amount of time.

Bootcamp is by far the winner because it is not virtualization at all….so it really should not be compared with VM products.

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