#VIRTUALBOX WINDOWS 7 GUEST TO SLOW MACBOOK PRO MID 2017 TRIAL#

But I thought: let’s try it fist so I installed the trial of Fusion 8… This was so disappointing for me… First I imported the existing Parallels virtual machine and converted it which went really smooth.

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Especially with their Parallels to VMWare upgrade offering. So I was holding my credit card ready in my hand, ready to pay for Fusion 8.

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Also because I did not like it I had to pay to upgrade my Parallels license if I wanted to upgrade Mac OS to OS X El Captain… I don’t like this kind of “you have to”‘s. I’ve been a Parallels 9 user and was about to upgrade to VMWare Fusion 8 after reading several reviews. In general, however, I hope you’ll agree that your specific configuration isn’t applicable to ~99% of users. If you’d like us to conduct future tests on your custom Mac Pro (I say “custom” because the Mac Pro you describe in your other comment - 2 x 6-core hyperthreaded 3.33GHz - is not a configuration Apple ever shipped), then please send it to us and we’ll be happy to do the additional testing. That’s why we used both a MacBook Pro and mid-level Mac Pro in the tests. Neither company claimed that our testing procedure or the configuration of our virtual machines were incorrect or unfair.ģ) Other than providing licenses for both Fusion 8 and Parallels Desktop 11 for our tests, TekRevue was not remunerated by either company in any way, nor were the tests conducted or guided by anyone outside of TekRevue.Ĥ) These products, and our review, are primarily targeted at consumers.

You’ll find this information on the ironically named “Test Setup & Methodology” page.Ģ) We submitted our results and methodology to both Parallels and VMware to give each company a chance to respond. Let me clarify for you:ġ) The exact models and specifications for the testing hardware are listed in the article, along with the methodology used for the tests. Our normal procedure in the event of a discrepancy greater than 5 percent is to re-run the tests until the issue can be identified. The only test that required this additional analysis was battery life, and the issue is described further in that section. More information about each benchmark application or test can be found on its respective results page.Īs is standard practice here at TekRevue, all tests, unless otherwise noted in the results, were performed three times for each Windows installation, and the results were averaged.

#VIRTUALBOX WINDOWS 7 GUEST TO SLOW MACBOOK PRO MID 2017 SOFTWARE#

For all platforms, all features that could possibly impact performance, such as error logging or an expanding virtual disk, were disabled.Īll operating systems and testing software were updated to their most recent versions as of the date of this article. The VirtualBox VM was also configured to its maximum supported hardware level, with matching CPU and RAM, but with only 256MB of graphics memory, the most it allows.

#VIRTUALBOX WINDOWS 7 GUEST TO SLOW MACBOOK PRO MID 2017 WINDOWS 10#

Unfortunately, the latest version of Boot Camp requires the use of a 64-bit version of Windows, so we were forced to use 64-bit VMs as well in order to maintain consistency between the platforms.Įach of our Parallels and Fusion Windows 10 virtual machines was configured for maximum performance, with 8 assigned virtual CPUs, 12GB of RAM (the maximum recommended amount in order to ensure that enough is reserved for OS X), and 1GB of graphics memory configured for each platform’s most advanced DirectX and OpenGL graphics support. Regarding our decision to use the 64-bit version of Windows, it’s true that the 32-bit version can be easier to virtualize and therefore may offer slightly better performance in certain circumstances. Our guest operating system for all tests was Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, which was installed separately in four configurations: native to the Mac’s hardware via Boot Camp, in a virtual machine powered by Parallels 11, in a virtual machine powered by Fusion 8, and in a virtual machine powered by VirtualBox 5. We’ll revisit El Capitan once it launches later this year and we’ll let you know if it provides any performance boosts that would alter the benchmark results reported here. Our host operating system for all virtualized tests was OS X Yosemite 10.10.5, the latest publicly available version as of the date of this article. Even though both Fusion 8 and Parallels 11 support OS X El Capitan, we’re reluctant to perform tests on beta software where bugs or future changes could play a factor in skewing the results.

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