VMFusion or Parallels

[Anonymous]

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

[Ralph Wessel]

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.

[Eduardo Rolon]

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.

[Rakela Raul]

I prefer Fusion.

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