I wanted to know how much hardware device (like wireless, bluetooth,cam device) is supported by both virtualization software. i.e.if I have Window XP as guest operating system, can I be able to access bluetooth, wifi and webcam of macbook and use it in XP.
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I know Parallel will not provide Bluetooth feature (of macbook) to XP.
PS:- i know about bootcamp, but don’t want XP and mac os x as duel boot in my macbook.
Thanking you in advance…
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I have always preferred VMware. Fusion allows you to take snapshots of your virtual disks so that you can quickly restore them if something goes wrong. I don’t think Parallels can do that.
As far as internet access goes, Fusion gives Windows a virtual Ethernet card, which is used to bridge the connection of your Mac to the virtual OS. Basically, if your Mac has wifi access, Fusion can share it with windows.
I know that iSight works in Fusion, so it should work in Parallels also. I thinks the boot camp drivers are needed in the guest OS.
I have heard that you can get bluetooth going in Fusion by mapping it to a usb connection, but I have not tried this. You will need the boot camp drivers intalled on the guest OS to do this.
Either choice is a good one. VMware and Parallels are about equal. You should try a demo of each one, the demos are free to download and use for 30 days on Fusion and 15 on Parallels.
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