Hi All,
So I went through the trouble of dealing with broadcom to get copies of VM Workstation for windows, and VM Fusion for mac os. I wanted to know if I have access to both, does parallels give me anything that fusion doesn't? fusion is very accessible, and parallels is not. before I setup a vm in either I just wanted to ask this question.
Thanks for any input.
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Your choice
I wouldn't say parallels is inaccessible, exactly. If you use ocr you'll be fine once the vm is set up, and by that I mean just press one or 2, 3 buttons at the most with ocr, wait and you'll be good to go. Some of the settings you will need ocr if you want to access them like the table in keyboard shortcuts but other than that settings are accessible. with vmware fusion having the same caveat with arm windows. If you don't have an adaptor, you'll need to use ocr or ask for sighted help to get passed the first instalation phaze because no audio unless you have a adaptor; both have their, buts, if you will. Tbh fusion has gone downhill since broadcom's acquisition. I.e, bugs don't get fixed such as the, login items bug; it'll trigger practically every time you launch fusion, which if your sighted its not a big deal as you can just ignore it; but if you use voiceover... The, vmware fusion has added items that can run in the background. You can mannage this in system settings getting spoken by voiceover every time you launch fusion is, to be frank, annoying as all hell and drove me nuts, if I'm beeing honest. you cannot check for updates from the software itself, you have to do it manually whwhich is a headache given broadcom making it stupid hard to access their downloads etc. Now. Will parallels give you anything fusion doesn't have... Yes. You'll be able to access folders from the mac from the vm side. Fusion has this if using intel macs but since apple silicon that's no longer the case. Other than that though? Not really. I've personally noticed parallels be way quicker at things like starting vms, resuming and suspending than fusion but, that's not a big deal.
In the end it’s your choice, just be aware that both have their ups and downs. Given the dddirection fusion's going though? I'd say parallels might be the better alternative in my opinion. In any case parallels has a 14 day free trial, so you lose nothing by trying it if you want to do so you can have the most information before deciding. You've also got utm which, cant say much about that one as I haven't used it in a long time but its yet another one you can explore, if the above options, fusion or parallels don't meet your needs.
Better by Windows laptop
I'm not satisfied with either of the processes. It is better. Go ahead with one basic windows Laptop. It will serve your purpose.