VMware Importer makes migrating from Parallels a snap

Can anyone point me in the right direction to find the .pvs file and where it is located. I am wishing to convert my Parallels Win XP to VMWare. I have the imported but cannot make it work. Any help would be appreciated greatly.

Wow, just bought VMWare for $47.99, what a deal! I have been using Parallels since it's release daily for work. It sucked up the memory and my machine would not respond for about 10 seconds when it started a VM. I was very happy with Parallels, but Fusion just performs better. One note: before converting, open the VM in Parallels and uninstall Parallels tools and the errors disappear.

To get the deal use this URL: http://www.digitalriver.com/promo=79319 and then enter the promo code "ALLUME2007". Make sure to remove the download protection from your cart. I want my money back for buying Parallels and the upgrade now!

That sounds easy, but how to get rid of the Parallels Tools?

I had previously converted a Parallels Image to VMWare and have forgotten to remove the Tools in advance. It is impossible to uninstall Parallels Tools while the VM is hosted by VMWare.
As a result my successful converted VM now still has the Parallels Tools and is unable to use the VMWare virtual sound adapter nor does my VM switch off after a shutdown.

Just as a random, anecdotal data point, I downloaded the trial of Fusion, used VMware Converter to make a VM out of an XP machine that has TONS of crap loaded up on it, and was pretty stunned when the VM actually booted on a Mac. :-)

I've been using Parallels since it was released. I run it on a Core Duo iMac (2.16 Ghz, 2GB RAM) and have VMs set up for XP, 98, and Ubuntu. For a while the Parallels video drivers caused 98 to crash on shutdown, but as of Parallels 3 this is fixed. Other than that, no complaints. I haven't tried Fusion, but see no reason to switch at the moment.

Brian asked, "Anybody anything good to say for Parallels?"

I've been using Parallels occasionally on my MacBook Pro for several months now and it's worked mostly fine for me. I use VMware Server at work (on Linux and Windows) and Parallels at home, and they seem to have about the same number of limitations, bugs, and quirks.

Brian,
Parallels licensing can get ultra confusing. For example, I have purchased initial versions and updates since. The insanity, if I try to install the latest few versions, my license will not work. I must first install an old version (that caused problems), and then install an update with my update license number. I hate installing broken software. In addition, Parallels fried my Bootcamp Windows install when trying to boot into it directly, although the Parallels VM point from OSX worked. Finally, Parallels support varies between nonexistent to useless. I tried dozens of hours with Parallels, I gave up. VMWare'f Fusion is inherently better (less jerky, more functionality, better developed) and VMWare has helped me with the couple questions I have had (I have never had a problem with Fusion, it never fried my Windows install (which cost me several hundred dollars in wasted product keys attempting to get Parallels to work as advertised/promised.

The easiest option yet is to create a Windows partition using Boot Camp, install XP or Vista there and then jump between native booting, Parallels or Fusion as you see fit - no conversion necessary.

[)amien

Remember, it's still a beta, so might not work. I must say that it's pretty interesting news. I bought Parallels from the get-go but significant updates that increase performance are rare.

Anybody anything good to say for Parallels ?

Am about to get a new MacBook Pro and will use one of them. Tried Fusion on an iMac (beta) but didn't think it was as good as Parallels. Am I wrong ?