lofthaa.blogg.se - Parallels desktop vs virtualbox

There are three competitors in the Mac emulation market – Parallels Desktop (US$79 or as an annual $99 subscription Pro version), VMware Fusion (also US$79), and Oracle’s (free and open source) VirtualBox. snydeq writes 'InfoWorlds Randall Kennedy takes an in-depth look at VMware Workstation 7, VirtualBox 3.1, and Parallels Desktop 4, three technologies at the heart of the biggest shake-up for desktop virtualization in years.

Parallels Toolbox for Mac is a feature of all versions of Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac which will also be available as a stand-alone subscription product for $9.99 per year, including all new tools and updates planned for release every few months.

The most important reason people chose VirtualBox is. When comparing VirtualBox vs Parallels Desktop, the Slant community recommends VirtualBox for most people.In the question“What is the best VM applications for Mac?”VirtualBox is ranked 1st while Parallels Desktop is ranked 3rd. I have an old virtualbox-vm with windows 7 (virtualbox-Version:Version 5.1.28 r117968) and want to use it with parallels desktop 12, but I got an error, when I open the file and parallels starts to convert the vm. Another thing is that i couldn't play games from windows-virtualbox coz virtual box can't see the graphic card on my pc.

Btw from mac running windows with parallels everything and i mean everything can be read and sheared between the two os.