Parallels or VMWare for Win on Mac?


	Parallels or VMWare for Win on Mac?

ericskiff

12-20-2007 5:20 PM

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ericskiff says:

I purchased parallels so that I can test our sites in IE here on my mac, and soon after VMWare began to get great hype. I'm still really happy with how quick it is to start a virtual install of XP here and dive into testing.

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