It’s in fact so easy you might see over it. Switching from an existing virtual machine, such as from VMware’s Fusion is extremely easy with Parallels. Parallels can run all sorts of Windows versions, but also all sorts of Linux versions, and even some versions of Unix. The latter is the subject of this review. On the Mac, your choice of paid for and supported applications is either VMware Fusion or Parallels. the ability to switch between OSes and the associated applications, you install a virtualization program. This is the most important difference between a system like Parallels and Boot Camp on the Mac. Hypervisor based desktop virtualization applications like Parallels enable users to run operating systems and the applications that run on them inside a sort of virtual computer - a black box if you wish - in their known OS environment.
I tested the latter and found it to perform better than the former in more than one way. There are two commercial VMs available: VMware Fusion and Parallels for Mac. Virtual Machines are more efficient if you want to exchange files and other data between operating systems.
Running Windows XP or Windows 7 on a Mac is a breeze: just install Boot Camp or a Virtual Machine and you’re off.
