Parallels Advantages

On my MacBook Pro I am using Parallels alot. One of the really cool things that I like is that I can have lots of Windows installations to do different things.

An example of this is with remote support. We support many of our clients by connecting to their vpn and taking over the desktop of machines running our software. What we have found is that every client has a different standard for vpn client. Some use ssl vpn through internet explorer, some use SonicWall, some use SecureRemote etc. None of these solutions likes to play nicely with the other installed. They battle for control of your machine. With Parallels, I can simply have multiple Windows installations and only install one vpn client per installation. It is a little expensive on storage space, but saves my lots of pain or from using lots of different machines.