Talk:Comparison of VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop

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Contents 1 Tables 2 Merger 3 This should be separate 4 Parallels 4GB v 1.5 GB 5 Other VMs 6 DirectX support 7 Correct Chart!! Boot Camp is not virtualization 8 Request for Page Protection

[edit] Tables

I think that having parallels under a "yellow" box since power management is not enabled by default is quite misleading, since it does have the feature. Possibly an footnote would be most appropriate and more balanced. I'll make the changes myself. Also other general cleanup to the table.Nja247 (talk • contribs) 18:58, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merger

Not sure why this is a separate article. It should be merged into the Parallels and/or Fusion articles as this article alone is not very encyclopaedic on its own merits. There is already a comparasion of VMs page. This seems almost like a culmination of product reviews. Nja247 (talk • contribs) 19:11, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Merging would be silly.

• If you merge the comparison into the Fusion article - then why not to the Parallels article?
• If you merge the comparison into the Parallels article - then why not to the Fusion article?
• If you merge the comparison into both the Parallels and the Fusion article - how would you then easily synchronise changes between each comparison section of the two articles?
• Please also refer to Category:Software comparisons. It seems that Wikipedia has a long tradition for comparison articles, just like the one in question. --PonsX 20:12, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

This really seems like two separate requests.

• encyclopedic merit: agreed, this does read like a compilation of several "fusion v. parallels" articles.
• merging: that would just duplicate the content across two separate articles. Better to keep this information in one place. That makes it easier to update as new information comes to light. — EagleOne\^Talk 22:05, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This should be separate

I agree that this should be left alone as two separate articles and NOT merged. Merging would make it more difficult to maintain as a dupe copy would have to be located in both the VMWare Fusion page and the Parallels Desktop page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.97.93.151 (talk) 17:28, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Parallels 4GB v 1.5 GB

I had to remove the information about 4GB RAM limit versus the 1.5 limit since there is no confirmation of this feature in the final GA release (build 5160). If someone finds and actual, verifiable source that maintains a new 4GB limit in build 5160 then please add a small bit about it in the appropriate spot and source it. To note, the Parallels page still says 1.5 GB (scroll to page 2 and look at guest system requirements )[1] Cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nja247 (talk • contribs) 09:22, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other VMs

What about VirtualBox ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.219.181.179 (talk) 16:43, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DirectX support

I think it's very misleading to give VMWare the win when it comes to DirectX support simply because it has experimental DX9 support. I have used the latest versions of both Fusion and Parallels, and Parallels has far superior DX support. Fusion's is buggy and has major graphic corruption in most games that I tried (which use <DX8), whereas Parallels works pretty much perfectly. 124.168.52.242 (talk) 23:13, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

• Also, VMWare's own site says that "VMware Fusion offers experimental support for hardware-accelerated 3D graphics", indicating that they acknowledge the fact that's only experimental. 124.168.52.242 (talk) 08:28, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Correct Chart!! Boot Camp is not virtualization

It should read Windows running natively on macbook -maybe a side note that its possible with Boot Camp. But boot camp only allows dual booting- nothing like virtualization of Fusion or Paralles Cuvtixo (talk) 13:22, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I believe the note you added resolves the possible issue satisfactorily. Cheers. Nja247 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Page Protection

There have recently been a significant number of modifications to this article by multiple unknown users via their IP addresses. I find many of these changes questionable and would like to discuss. If there has been an error on the part of the unknown and possibly new contributors, please post here so that we can discuss and make sure that this article is accurate and unbiased. In the meantime, I have requested the page to be semi-protected to prevent further such contributions. EwokiWiki (talk) 22:24, 20 May 2008 (UTC)