Life story aside though (ahem) and the reason for the post was to find what you guys use virtualisation for in macOS? Also, am keen to hear about your preference. How to Choose The most apparent difference between the two is licensing: VirtualBox is free and open-source. VMware Fusion (used on macOS hosts) has a one-time licensing fee of 159.99. I run Fusion and am a satisfied customer. VMware Workstation Pro, used for large-scale businesses and projects, has a licensing fee of 199.00. VSphere runs on bare metal, and, together with vCenter, provides industrial grade configuration and management of Software-Defined DataCenters. 2 There is a freebie alternative - VirtualBox. Answer: Workstation is a product for running virtual machines on Linux or Windows host systems. However as of late have seen the VMware guys rolling out a lot more frequent updates, so may switch back and give fusion another spin! Vm Fusion vs Parallels vs Bootcamp MacRumors Forums great. I will admit, I always leaned towards Parallels because it seemed slicker and less fiddly to initially configure, and a lot of reports from other virtual users stated that Parallels had overall better performance.
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I started using VMware fusion initially but for some reason (can't recall why) I switched to Parallels desktop.Īgain because of the myriad of OS's and apps some of which dating back to the 1970's I would be frequently swiping between windows 10 / 7 / macOS / Citrix sessions on any given work day. I digress, because of the many weird and wonderful applications at play, virtualisation was a must. I worked from home a few days a week and since becoming a macOS user for several years, used my MacBooks for both work and play. Up until recently, I worked for a large company who had a myriad of proprietary in-house software packages and several operating systems from linux, windows, macOS