Head to Head: Parallels Desktop 7 vs VMware Fusion 4 - Pictures

Virtual machines are created and managed from the main application window, but Parallels Desktop 7 does a better cosmetic job

Both Parallels Desktop 7 and VMWare Fusion 4 can 'migrate' a complete Windows installation from an old PC, turning it into a

New virtual machines can be created semi-automatically from the OS installation source, or configured manually.

Lion can now be virtualised in both applications, and even run on a machine running an older version of OS X.

Parallels Desktop 7 and VMWare Fusion 4 both offer two ways of working with a Windows guest OS, depending on the degree of in

Windows mode keeps the guest OS contained in its own window.

Parallels Desktop 7’s Coherence mode and VMWare Fusion 4’s Unity mode both hide the guest OS Desktop and blend Windows apps w

Certain tasks within the guest OS can be linked to host OS applications — the email client and web browser, for example.

Both applications can place a Windows Start menu on the OS X Desktop, but only Parallels Desktop 7 renders it faithfully.

Parallels Desktop 7 and VMWare Fusion 4 can both share folders and other resources with a guest OS.

Connect a USB device to the Mac and the applications ask which machine it’s for use with — Parallels Desktop 7 uses a much cl

Parallels Desktop 7 and VMWare Fusion 4 can both take snapshots to record the state of a virtual machine for later restoratio

Parallels Desktop 7 offers a wider range of performance tuning options than VMWare Fusion 4 to reduce the overhead on the hos

Parallels Desktop 7 vs VMware Fusion 4: 2D overall benchmark results

Parallels Desktop 7 vs VMware Fusion 4: 2D image editing benchmark results

Parallels Desktop 7 vs VMware Fusion 4: 2D video editing benchmark results

Parallels Desktop 7 vs VMware Fusion 4: 2D multi-tasking benchmark results

Parallels Desktop 7 vs VMware Fusion 4: Virtualised Lion performance results

Parallels Desktop 7 vs VMware Fusion 4: 3D performance results