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It’s even worse: Parallels on MacBooks runs windows better than a dedicated windows laptop…

by ako 1y ago

littlecranky67 1y ago
Before the Macbook ARM switch, from 2015 onwards I used to run Linux via Parallels and it ran better than any Linux I ever used on a natively on a modern laptop. After installing the parallel tools you had 2D/3D/video acceleration, clipboard sharing, Wifi/Ethernet bridging, and most importantly - seemless and stable suspend/resume.
balder1991 1y ago
And if you don’t want to pay a subscription, VMWare also breaks no sweat since a long time ago, and it’s very polished at this point. I recently tried VirtualBox and it’s finally catching up, seems to work without any problems but I didn’t test it enough to find out the quirks.
- throw0101d 1y ago
  VMWare's desktop hypervisors were announced to be free to use a little while ago: * https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/11/11/vmware-fusion-and-workstation-are-now-free-for-all-users/ https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/11/11/vmware-... You need to register an account/e-mail address for a free account: * https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=145581 https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumbe... After which you can download VMware Fusion Pro and/or VMware Workstation Pro: * https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/368667/download-and-license-vmware-desktop-hype.html https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/368667/downl... This seems to be a perpetual licence (?), so as long as it can run on the underlying OS you can continue to use it. Not sure if there's any 'phone home' functionality to track things (like has been seen with Oracle VirtualBox).
olyjohn 1y ago
I doubt that's true except for in your mind. What are you comparing it to? And old-ass Windows laptop?
- ako 1y ago
  I moved from a lenovo thinkpad p1 gen 2 core i9 32Gb (2020) to a macbook pro m1 max 32gb (2021), and the experience in parallels beats the experience in the lenovo machine.

It’s even worse: Parallels on MacBooks runs windows better than a dedicated windows laptop…

by ako 1y ago

It’s even worse: Parallels on MacBooks runs windows better than a dedicated windows laptop…

Before the Macbook ARM switch, from 2015 onwards I used to run Linux via Parallels and it ran better than any Linux I ever used on a natively on a modern laptop. After installing the parallel tools you had 2D/3D/video acceleration, clipboard sharing, Wifi/Ethernet bridging, and most importantly - seemless and stable suspend/resume.

balder1991 1y ago

And if you don’t want to pay a subscription, VMWare also breaks no sweat since a long time ago, and it’s very polished at this point. I recently tried VirtualBox and it’s finally catching up, seems to work without any problems but I didn’t test it enough to find out the quirks.

throw0101d 1y ago
VMWare's desktop hypervisors were announced to be free to use a little while ago: * https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/11/11/vmware-fusion-and-workstation-are-now-free-for-all-users/ https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/11/11/vmware-... You need to register an account/e-mail address for a free account: * https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=145581 https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumbe... After which you can download VMware Fusion Pro and/or VMware Workstation Pro: * https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/368667/download-and-license-vmware-desktop-hype.html https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/368667/downl... This seems to be a perpetual licence (?), so as long as it can run on the underlying OS you can continue to use it. Not sure if there's any 'phone home' functionality to track things (like has been seen with Oracle VirtualBox).

olyjohn 1y ago

I doubt that's true except for in your mind. What are you comparing it to? And old-ass Windows laptop?

ako 1y ago
I moved from a lenovo thinkpad p1 gen 2 core i9 32Gb (2020) to a macbook pro m1 max 32gb (2021), and the experience in parallels beats the experience in the lenovo machine.