qosapart.blogg.se - Running vmware workstation on mac pro

Depending on how you'll use it, have you thought of running windows natively and not virtualized? As I said though, try all three out.Īs for MBP, I'd probably look to get 16gb, if 6gb was a tad too tight for your windows machine. I'd recommend VMware, I've had the best experience with them, as I mentioned it s a solid product and you cannot go wrong.

Parallels: Fasted running of the bunch, major updates tend to be buggy, poor customer support (at least its been my experience).

It's performance is inferior to Parallels, but feature-wise its they're virtually identical

VMware: Very stable, excellent customer support and its updates are always rock solid.

Virtualbox: Its free so its the least expensive, but it is also the slowest and does not have the same features as the parallels and VMware.

You can download all three and try them, the two commercial apps offer demos and the of course Virtual Box is free. The application you choose is really personal preference. I have an iPad for that! I just need a powerful laptop.

Having looked at Dell's, HP's and Sony's offerings I'm not that much of a fan, I don't need a funky flip laptop that act's like a tablet with touch screen. And I guess ultimately, I built the virtual machine in Hyper-V, I don't really want to have to build it all again from scratch, I know a Hyper-V can be migrated to VMware Workstation, can this easily be migrated to any of the above software easily? Do either of these programs allow USB dongles to pass through into the VM. I guess I just need confirmation or advice on which one is better. I've previously dabbled with Mac's but to no big extent, so my knowledge is very limited.Īfter some researching I found that there are 3 VM software providers that are worth looking at. So I start looking into a laptop with 16GB RAM to help matters, and it brought me to the door step of a MacBook Pro. but the memory is an issue because the VM needs about 6Gb min which only leaves 2gb for Windows 8.1 to run, and run presentations. I'm currently running a Sony Vaio i7, 8GB RAM, 256 SSD, and it's well okay. I'm currently in the position were I need a new demo laptop for work purposes, or more specifically a new laptop capable of running a Windows 2012 virtual machine.