We were most interested in how the products performed in enhancing the user experience in Windows. Personally, I like the Windowed environment for virtualization, but so many people use both VMware and Parallels in their Unity and Coherence views, respectively. If you are using a Retina machine, then only Parallels' methodology is usable.

Both products have incredible clarity of text and objects when using Retina support. That said, there is a difference in how much more thorough and easy the support is. Without a doubt, Parallels not only makes the most of Retina support to outshine VMware Fusion, but it also outshines a typical native Windows experience. Trust me when I tell you that, in person, the difference between Retina on Windows and not is even more astounding than for OS X.