Good for trying pre-release preview OS versions, perhaps.
#Virtual box vs parallels mac os x#
It may even be useful for some to install a virtualized copy of Mac OS X on their Mac, allowing them to test software or settings without affecting their “real” Mac installation.
Gamers may want to play games that haven’t been released for the Mac – and maybe never will be. Web developers and designers may need to see how their pages look in multiple browsers on multiple platforms. (Bookkeeping, perhaps?) Software developers may need to compile and then test code to work on multiple platforms. Reasons can include a need for a specific piece of software that doesn’t have a Mac-equivalent or has a Mac-equivalent that isn’t file-compatible with the software colleagues or clients are using. For many, they chose to be a Mac-user because they don’t want to have to have anything to do with other operating systems. Not every Mac-user needs or wants the ability to run other operating systems. There are three competitors in the Mac emulation market – Parallels Desktop (US$79 or as an annual $99 subscription Pro version), VMware Fusion (also US$79), and Oracle’s (free and open source) VirtualBox. Time for another look at virtualization software, letting Macintosh users run PC operating system such as Windows or Ubuntu on their Macs.
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