topic VMFusion or Parallels in Modeling

VMFusion or Parallels

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:16:36 GMT

Hello all,

I am seriously thinking on moving from pc to a mac. However, I'm using the Archicad version for Windows and have been going through the web looking for some "virtualization" software so that I can run it inside OSX. It seems to me that the 2 biggies are VMWare Fusion and Parallels.

I'd like to know, between the two, which is "stable"/reliable to work with Archicad?

I remembered looking at a comparison chart saying that Fusion did not have OpenGL capability. Is this critical for Archicad performance?

Many thanks for the feedback.
Joaquim

Re: VMFusion or Parallels

Ralph Wessel — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:08:57 GMT

jagostinho wrote:
I am seriously thinking on moving from pc to a mac. However, I'm using the Archicad version for Windows and have been going through the web looking for some "virtualization" software so that I can run it inside OSX. It seems to me that the 2 biggies are VMWare Fusion and Parallels.
I'd like to know, between the two, which is "stable"/reliable to work with Archicad?
I remembered looking at a comparison chart saying that Fusion did not have OpenGL capability. Is this critical for Archicad performance?

You can simply switch to the mac version of ArchiCAD. Far simpler, you don't need any virtualization software, and it will run faster.
Otherwise, I have used ArchiCAD with Parallels and it runs without problems. I haven't used VMWare Fusion.

Re: VMFusion or Parallels

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:02:09 GMT

Your AC DVD includes the Mac OS version for free so there is no need for Parallels or Fusion. As to choosing between them, though I have both at this time I prefer Fusion.

Re: VMFusion or Parallels

Rakela Raul — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:15:56 GMT

I prefer Fusion.

cmon Eduardo !! you know the next question, dont u?