Virtual machines (PC Emulators) for Mac OS X on Intel-based Macs
Company | Product | Description | |
| Parallels | Parallels Desktop 3.0 | Parallels Desktop is at this time the most advanced x86 virtual machine product for Intel Macs. A commercial package that was a port from Parallels Workstation for Linux. The company said that the software will run “nearly any x86-compatible OS,” including Windows 3.1-through Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003, as well as Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OS/2, eComStation, and MS-DOS. Drag and drop files between Mac OS X and Windows. Parallels Desktop includes a feature called Coherence Mode, which hides the Windows desktop while displaying Windows applications, much as Classic mode displayed OS 9 applications in Mac OS X on PowerPC Macs. Windows still runs in the background, but is hidden from view. Windows applications appear in the Dock, letting you switch between them without using the Windows interface. Version 3 added support for 3D hardware acceleration, enabling it to run some of the most demanding PC 3D games. It also added a feature called SmartSelect, which lets you set defaults so that a Mac program opens a type of file when you double-click a file in Windows. For instance, you could double-click .doc files in Windows and have Parallels Desktop launch Word for Mac. You can set another file type to launch a Windows application when double-click in the Mac Finder. You can also select a Mac or Windows application to open a file by right-clicking (or Control-clicking) that file. Version 3 comes with Parallels Explorer, a Mac OS X utility that lets you see into and add or move files to or from the virtual hard disk, without running the virtual machine. Another feature is Snapshots, which saves the state of a virtual machine, including settings and configurations. You can get back to this state and erase all changes at any time. (Snapshots is similar to Deep Freeze from Faronics Technologies, which does the same for Mac OS X.) | |
| Parallels Desktop for Mac Premium Edition | Same as Parallels Desktop (above), but includes three Windows utilities:
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| Parallels Server for Mac | A virtualization server for Mac OS X aimed at enterprise uses. Includes a hypervisor that runs on top of Mac OS X or in "bare-metal" mode, without a host operating system. The hypervisor is designed for running multiple servers of different types and operating systems for the purpose of server consolidation and the streamlining of server deployment and server testing. It can also run Mac OS X Server in a virtual machine, as well as Windows and Linux servers. Parallels Server is optimized for running multiple servers on high-end Apple hardware. Includes VM Assistant, a wizard-driven tool that can create a new virtual machine with a few clicks of the mouse. You can also import a virtual machine from Parallels Desktop, VMware, and Microsoft. Includes server deployment tools to roll out multiple servers in virtual machines and a graphical Parallels Management Console for administration of multiple servers. | ||
| VMware (distributed by Smith Micro) | VMware Fusion | VMware Fusion is a Mac OS X port of the company's commercial products for Windows and Linux. It first shipped in August, 2007. Runs Windows Vista well. Good support of USB peripherals. Like Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion lets you drag and drop files between Mac OS X and Windows. VMware as the added feature of being able to drag and drop between Linux and Unix as well. Its Unity feature is similar to Parallels Desktop's Coherence feature. VMware doesn't have a feature similar to Parallels Snapshots, however. VMware Fusion is compatible with virtual machines created with VMware's software for Windows and Linux, and can run virtual appliances created for VMware's other virtualization platforms. | |
| Runs Windows applications without Windows. Users install Windows applications right in Mac OS X. An icon for the Windows application appears in the Finder; double-clicking it launches the Windows application in Mac OS X. The new version adds support for Microsoft Office 2007, Outlook 2007 group calendaring and other interactions with Microsoft Exchange Server, Adobe CS for Windows applications, and ActiveX controls, all running in Mac OS X. Because you don't need to own Windows, the total cost of using CrossOver is significantly less than virtual machine products such as Parallels Desktop and VMware. CrossOver also doesn't use the CPU bandwidth and doesn't require the large amount of RAM that virtual machine software such Parallels or VMware require. CrossOver supports selected Windows applications. Supported applications include Outlook for Windows and some PC games. The company adds support for more applications with every update. CrossOver is a solid commercial product based on the Open Source WINE project. See our CrossOver Reports page for more on CrossOver. | |||
| CrossOver Games | A version of CrossOver that is optimized for running PC Games natively in Mac OS X--without using Windows. CrossOver Games can run PC games faster in than in virtual machine products such as Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion. Unlike virtualization environments, the CrossOver products only run certain Windows applications, but without Windows itself. CrossOver Games will run Guild Wars, World of Warcraft, and most Steam-based games, including Team Fortress 2, Portal, Half Life 2, Civilization IV, Peggle and others. CrossOver Games supports more game titles than the standard CrossOver, which is optimized focused on running productivity applications such as Outlook and Office for Windows. Leopard's Boot Camp will also run PC games with good performance, but requires Windows, and provides no access to Mac OS X while in Boot Camp. With CrossOver Games, PC games run in Mac OS X itself. | ||
| Innotek (now part of Sun Microsystems) | VirtualBox | First introduced in April 2007, VirtualBox is free virtualization software based on GPL open-source code from a German company called Innotek, which was purchased by Sun Micrsystems. Like Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion, the VirtualBox Beta can run Windows Vista, supports USB, and can be scripted from the command line. VirtualBox does not have the more advanced features of Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion, such as being able to use the copy of Windows installed in a Boot Camp partition. VirtualBox also supports VMDK virtual disk format used by VMware. | |
| iEmulator | iEmulator (Also runs on PowerPC Macs) | Not in the same league as Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, or CrossOver. iEmulator includes some of the features found in the more solid pages, including the ability to access Mac files and folders from Windows, the ability to run multiple virtual machines, and quick PC state saving. Not as fast as Parallels or VMware. Can run the Windows Vista.Version 1.7.9 was the first version that worked on Intel-powered Macs. | |
| An inexpensive commercial package based on the open-source QEMU emulator. Runs Windows and Linux/Unix operating systems. Available with DOS or with one of 10 Linux/Unix OS's preinstalled. Primative compared to Parallels, VMware and CrossOver. | |||
| Mike Kronenbert | Q | A free, open source virtualization environment that can run Windows on Intel-based Macs. Q uses the QEMUQ FAQ.) virtualization engine port to Intel Macs by Gwenole Beauchesne, the same as used in WinTel 2.1 and later. Universal binaries (PowerPC, Intel) are available. (For more information, see the Primative compared to Parallels , VMware, and CrossOver. | |
| QEMU to Mac OS X for Intel | This is the basic port of the QEMU engine to Intel Macs. Beauchesne says that he will not be maintaining or updating the project. Not for ordinary |
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