# VMWare or Parallels?

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**Created:** [January 26, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vmware-or-parallels/214194 "2007-01-26T05:23:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![MTsoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MTsoul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MTsoul)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vmware-or-parallels/214194/1 "2007-01-26T05:23:24Z")

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So I’ve decided to soon reformat my computer, install Windows XP or Vista, and KEEP IT CLEAN. I install way too much crap on my computer and that usually has me installing and formatting every few months.

My solution is that once I reformat this time, I’ll emulate another copy of Windows inside my Windows XP or Vista. A lot of the times, I want to try out some software, but just don’t want to clog my computer. With the virtual Windows, I can do whatever I want without messing my main system.

So my question is, VMWare or Parallels? The most important thing is that whatever I install inside the virtual machine should not touch anything in my real system. And I should be able to drag & drop files from/to the virtual Windows. So I guess the choice between VMWare and Parallels comes down to, which of these 2 programs clogs the system less? And compatibility. And Internet. And how easy it is to set up and everything.

Price is not a problem. I’m upgrading a lot of stuff, so I can probably throw this into my budget.

// oh and I would probably be installing a few distro’s of linux or bsd, so yeah.