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Re:M2 MacBook Air scores higher on Windows 11 GeekBench than... by incahoots on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:39AM (#32565571)
I would say it speaks volumes of the crew at Parallels and how polished the software is.
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Re:M2 MacBook Air scores higher on Windows 11 GeekBench than... by whynotminot on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:41AM (#32565596)
I mean it's both. Wouldn't be possible without absolutely insane hardware.

But also wouldn't be possible without good work from Parallels.

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Re:M2 MacBook Air scores higher on Windows 11 GeekBench than... by sitzkrieg on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:07AM (#32565987)
meanwhile vmware feels there is no need to support apple silicon hosts, feeling there is no demand lol
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Re:M2 MacBook Air scores higher on Windows 11 GeekBench than... by lode on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:24AM (#32566278)
VMware Fusion has a tech preview for Apple Silicon at https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/get-download?do...

Background at: https://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2022/07/just-released-vm...

(Disclaimer: I work at VMware - but not on Fusion)

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Re:M2 MacBook Air scores higher on Windows 11 GeekBench than... by cassianoleal on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:11PM (#32567068)
It's been a tech preview for a long time. I used to have a Fusion license before Apple Silicon but now I have Parallels because it works.
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Re:M2 MacBook Air scores higher on Windows 11 GeekBench than... by sitzkrieg on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @12:29AM (#32574999)
i appreciate it, now im baffled why our support ticket got such an answer, it was recentlyish
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Re:M2 MacBook Air scores higher on Windows 11 GeekBench than... by bombcar on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:45AM (#32566628)
Parallels only product is Parallels, it's the entire company.

VMWare Fusion is an afterthought of a multi-billion dollar company.

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Re:M2 MacBook Air scores higher on Windows 11 GeekBench than... by trollied on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:15PM (#32567136)
> Parallels only product is Parallels, it's the entire company.

Not true these days. "In December 2018, Parallels became part of the Corel Corporation and joins an impressive collection of industry-leading brands, including CorelDRAW®, WinZip® and MindManager®. Parallels has offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia."

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Re:M2 MacBook Air scores higher on Windows 11 GeekBench than... by bombcar on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @07:41AM (#32578020)
Wow talk about a blast from the past! Didn't know Corel still existed.
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