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We got some feedback on our last virtualization benchmark. Lots of people wanted to know how Parallels 7 compared to 8 and Fusion 4 to 5. They were also curious about how well the free VirtualBox performs and how they all stack up to Boot Camp.

Short answer: Boot camp is the champ (obviously) and Parallels 8 is second. Fusion is third, but not by much, and VirtualBox is a distant fourth ("you get what you pay for").

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As a MacOS virtualizatiion user, I appreciate the value of these comparisons. But the graph coloring is crazy-making.

First each product has its own rainbow color, then everything is blue, then BootCamp changes to VirtualBox's purple, then Parallels8 takes Parallels7's blue and BootCamp takes Parallels8's green?

Please, please, please use consistent mappings of colors-to-products throughout your graphs.

Good point, gojomo. Sorry about that! I used Apple's Numbers app to make the graphs and it doesn't do too well at offering color customization. It's often an all or nothing approach.

I'll make future graphs with Excel.

Thanks for the feedback!

Hey man don't blame Numbers. Changing those colors is a simple task.

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