VMware Fusion 2.0 will ship next month and Parallels has released a beta of Parallels Desktop 4.0, both of which enable Windows apps to run virtually on Mac hardware VMware and upstart Parallels are ...

When Apple switched to Intel processors, Windows switchers as well as Mac users who needed to run the occasional Windows app rejoiced. That’s because the chip switch was soon followed by the release ...

Last month, VMWare released Fusion, a virtualization program that lets you run Windows and other x86-based operating systems on an Intel-based Mac. While working on Macworld ’s upcoming review of the ...

A head-to-head test of Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMware Fusion - the two leading competitors in the Mac Virtualization segment - crowns Parallels as the clear winner, but the testers found both ...

Editor’s Note: According to a VMware spokesman, the next beta version of the software, Beta 2, will be a “much more stable platform, making it faster, more reliable and easier to use.” The spokesman ...

I recently bought my wife a new MBP from the last ones that just came out (Santa Rosa chipset). I need to put Windows on there as she vastly prefers Outlook to Entourage. All of her current contacts ...

A fresh review of Windows virtualization products for Mac OS X machines reports that Parallels was faster in accomplishing a wide number of common business and user tasks with Windows XP, as VMware ...

Parallels has released version 5.0 of their "Desktop" virtualization package for Mac. Lets hope this solution's graphics enhancements fare better than those in VMWare's latest version of Fusion.

I recently bought a new external SSD to use for Time Machine backups. Most important to me is to have a backup of my Parallels VM, since I do most of the work for my day job in Windows, and I’d be out ...

Competition between virtualization software developers is about to kick into overdrive thanks to the ongoing development Parallels Desktop 4, which people familiar with the update say will ...

VMware is set to take on Parallels in the Mac virtualisation world with the launch of VMware Fusion for the Mac OS X, but for now its main focus is the consumer market. The news that the best-selling ...

M1 Mac users now have a new way to virtualize Windows on their machines. Parallels has officially released Parallels Desktop 16.5 today with native support for Apple Silicon, enabling users to run the ...