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I use Parallels on my iMac and Macbook Pro. It seems to run fine on my iMac but kind of causes my MBP to become a little sluggish and fans to get pegged. I was speaking with someone that runs several VMWare VMs on their Macbook without any problems at all. They mentioned my MBP should have more than enough resources to handle several VMs.

MacTech tested Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac Build 5160 and VMware Fusion 1.0 Build 51348. All tests were done on clean host systems with new installations of Mac OS X 10.4.10 and Office installations and included all of the most up-to-date patches.

Does VMWare generally perform outstandingly better than Parallels on Macs?

Here are my machine specs (both running OS X 10.10.3):

iMac3.2 Ghz Intel Core i516GB DDR3 RAMNVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1024 RAM500GB SSD w/25GB free spaceVM is allocated 2GB of RAM

Macbook Pro2.7 Ghz Intel Core i716GB DDR3 RAMIntel HD Graphics 4000 1024 RAM500GB SSD w/47GB free spaceVM is allocated 2GB of RAM

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Parallels on Mac has a better performance. It integrates with OS X in a way which is not possible with VMware. I am using parallels with multiple VMs without any problems or sluggishness. I have allocated 3 GB RAM to each VM. Check how many CPU cores you have allocated to your VM.

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I have run both VMWare & Parallels on 11' MacBook Airs - and on my current 12' MacBook.

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(with 2, 4, then 8gb). Then only performance problem I have had - which is ongoing - is when I switch to retina mode in the VM (on my 12').

This is substantially slower - especially on Parallels - often locking up for 5-10 seconds. I don't know if this is a driver thing - or if retina displays just require a lot more horsepower which lower end macs (and even higher end laptops) just don't have.

Parallels 13 desktop for mac update. Aug 22, 2017  Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac Update 3 Hotfix 2 (13.3.2-43368) This update for Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac 13.3.2 (43368) addresses overall stability and performance issues, and includes the following fixes and improvements. Resolves an issue with the mouse pointer getting stuck in macOS virtual machines. Aug 21, 2018  This update for Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac 14.0.1 (45154) addresses overall stability and performance issues, and includes the following fixes and improvements: General enhancements. Resolves an issue with the camera connected to Mac, shared.

I may try a new high-end MacBook Pro to see if this fixes it.

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