Windows virtual machine with labview on a Mac

I am about to buy a Mac laptop with virtualization software (either VMware or Parallels), then create a Windows 7 virtual machine and put Labview for Windows Professional on it.
I searched the board and found some discussion of this configuration but it is several years old.
I would just like to hear from people who have done this and learn from their experiences. Are there any pitfalls, features that don't work, performance problems, setup difficulties, whatever. Also, do you prefer VMware or Parallels.
One other thing: I would like to create at least four virtual machines (Windows with Labview development, Windows without LV to test the applications in a non-labview environment, and similar for MacOS}. Is this a reasonable thing to do?
Regards,
David

Hi David,
As indicated above I have been running a windows virtual machine using VMware on a 17 inch macbook pro for quite a while now. I have not experienced significant problems. Labview and labview generated apps work fine in the virtual environment.
But would I do it again? I think not. The economics don't work. You can buy a quite capable Windows laptop for less than $500. The virtual machine alternative costs $200 for a copy of Windows, $80 for virtualization software (Parallels or VMware) plus extra memory on the Mac (I have 8 gb) plus a more powerful machine, etc. I ended up paying over $3,000 for the Mac hardware and extra software. The alternative would have been $1,500 for a 15 inch Mac plus $500 for a Windows laptop.
Also, there is definitely a performance penalty. Virtualization is not free. Start up and shutdown times for Windows are more than twice as long under VMware than with a cheap HP laptop.
It is nice having all my files (Mac and Windows) on the same machine but I could have easily networked the Mac and Windows and had effectively the same result. Expected benefits, such as a single backup disk for both operating systems didn't work out. Apple's time machine software views the entire Windows environment as a single lump, so I am still stuck with two backup drives.
So the good news is that it works. The bad news is that the costs (in my opinion) exceed the benefits.
David'

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