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Represented by their respective products, [[VMware]] and [[Parallels, Inc.|Parallels]] are the two major commercial competitors in the [[Macintosh|Mac]] consumer [[virtualization]] market. Both products are based on [[hypervisor]] technology and allow users to run an additional 32- or 64-bit [[x86]] [[operating system]] in a [[virtual machine]] alongside [[Mac OS X]] on an [[Intel]]-powered Mac.  The similarity in features and functionality between '''[[VMware Fusion]]''' and &(contracted; show full)| 15 GB
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==Benchmark tests==
MacTech and CNET have each compared the performance of Parallels and Fusion side-by-side in a series of virtualization benchmark tests, each with different results.

===MacTech===

Note: The below results have been completely surplanted by a new set of tests at <ref>{{cite web |last=Ticktin |first=Neil |title= Head-to-Head: Parallels Desktop for Mac vs. VMware Fusion |accessdate=March 2009 |url=http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.25/25.04/VMBenchmarks/|publisher=MacTech}}</ref> ⏎
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In Volume 24, Issue 02 of [[MacTech]], the editors published the results of one-step and task tests between VMware Fusion, Parallels Desktop and Boot Camp and used a PC running Windows XP as a baseline comparison in a native PC environment.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ticktin |first=Neil |title=Virtualization Benchmarking How do Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, and VMware Fusion stack up? |accessdate=February 2008 |url=http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.24/24.02/VirtualizationBenchmark/ |publisher=MacT(contracted; show full){{reflist|1}}

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