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What's a good alternative to VMware Fusion?
by e40 11y ago
What's a good alternative to VMware Fusion?
- LeoPanthera 11y agoThere's really only two other choices, Parallels or VirtualBox.
- tachion 11y agoThe problem with Parallels is that they've changed their product price structure to be a yearly payment (and I like to own the software I pay for, and only buy newer version when I need it) and, unlike VMware, they don't donate to open source projects, like FreeBSD (https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donors/ https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donors/).
- TenOhms 11y agoI hate parallel's business model. I bought Parallels version 10 in a box with a free upgrade to 11. It sat in the box for about a month after I got it and to my horror I found out the offer expired literally 1 day before I tried to redeem it. I contacted their support but they flatly refused to give me the free upgrade. I bought Fusion and I'll never give Parallel's another dime, this I vow.
- jlgaddis 11y agoFrom a technical perspective, I actually preferred Parallels over Fusion but their constant advertising inside of Parallels really annoyed the hell out of me, especially considering I paid full price out of my own pocket for it.
- anu_gupta 11y agoVeertu looks promising (http://veertu.com/ http://veertu.com/)
- youngtaff 11y agoKnow anyone that's tried it? I'd like an alternative to VMWare Fusion but don't want VirtualBox. Other challenge is Fusion allows me to transfer VMs to my home ESXi box pretty easily, so I'd lose that too by switching
- nailer 11y agoYep, me. Fucking love Veertu, to the point where it looks like I'm spamming threads! Veertu is way less featureful than Fusion but the latency means it's INSANELY fast. Windows 10 installs in sub 5 mins, but more to the point it just doesn't suck due to lag like Fusion did. I actually test on Edge now.