i suck at computers

01/01 Kernel Panic At The Disco

VMWare Fusion isn't all teddy-bears and bunny rabbits, it has it's own respective WTFs to share with us all.

I do most of my work on openSUSE, so this bug is a cute one to put it lightly. Grumble.



[tags: vmware, parallels, fusion, opensuse, suse]

28/12 Suspension of Disbelief

Disclaimer: I don't work for either VMWare or Parallels, as it turns out, neither has offered me a job

In my ceremonial replacement of the Parallels icon in my dock with the VMWare Fusion icon (Fusion or Fission) somebody left a comment telling me to hide my employment by VMWare, etc, marking my video as a blatant attempt at thrashing Parallels. Not only do I get about 200-400 hits a day (i'm exceedingly relevant to the industry), I don't work for VMWare. I simply have endured Parallels since it was released, and am happy that VMWare released a great competitor to the market.

This video is of a prime example of where Fusion excels where Parallels...doesn't. Virtual machine suspension, and resume. Parallels, even when not being used hogs resources in such a way that I've considered scrapping my intel 20" iMac for a Mac Pro just so my other applications don't beachball; because of this resource-suck, I had gotten in the habit of suspending virtual machines whenever possible.

Music by KiloWatts. The set used in the video can be downloaded from hybridized.



[tags: parallels, vmware, fusion, virtualization, resume]

27/12 Fusion or Fission

"Fission? No, I haven't been fishin' since I was on Lake Erie"

VMWare's Fusion is a major leap forward compared to Parallels, and much less camera shy. Instead of writing some long out review, and listing the numerous reasons why Fusion blows Parallels out of the water, how about a silly video instead?



[tags: parallels, fusion, vmware, virtualization]