Re: Mac and Xy

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Myron,
I'm particularly interested in being able to make quick and easy
"snapshots" of my Windows system, so that I can roll back or restore
easily. Isn't VM Fusion better for that?

Regards,
Harry
> On 31-Jul-09, at 10:21 PM, Harry Binswanger wrote:
> > VM Fusion seems to be the way to go, in the opinion of my Mac
> > friend. It's $80.
>
> I own and use both VM Fusion and Parallels. It is not obvious to me
> that one is better than the other. Both seem to run WinXP plus
> NotaBene, XY4 and XYWin pretty well. The whole XY family has problems
> with Mac directories, which makes some things a little inconvenient.
>
> Both VMWare and Parallels keep tweaking and improving. They are much
> better and more stable than they were a couple years ago, and much
> better than Virtual-PC on PPC Macs.
>
> The last time I tried I was able to transfer or translate my WinXP
> installation from one to the other.


Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx