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From:Smith Micro Software Inc.
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 Excellent product, 2007-12-12
I like this a lot more than virtual pc, it integrates with the host os much better, it supports usb and the performance is snappier. Only one thing I miss is the ability to shutdown without saving changes. It supports snapshots but you have to remember to take a snapshot when you startup.
44 of 46 customers found the following review helpful:
 Works As Advertised - And Works Well, 2007-12-11
Like many MacAddicts on this site, I have a couple of PC based applications that I need to run apart from my Mac applications and didn't want to invest in separate hardware. I used Bootcamp Beta on my older iMac and found it to be OK but didn't like having to reboot to get to the other OS. Recently I purchased a new iMac 2.8 Mz with 4 GB of ram and wanted to see if VMware Fusion would provide me with the convenience of easily switching between Leopard (Mac) and Windows Vista Ultimate. The installation was reasonably painless and I had both systems up and running in short time. I loaded up my essential PC programs - MS Money and MS Publisher - and they worked like a dream. I did note that the Vista Aero effects would not work even when I optimized the system using the VMWare tools. Not a big deal. I then installed a PC game, Call of Duty, and could not get it to run effectively. I dropped back to earlier PC games such as MS Age of Empires and Command and Conquer and they also failed to perform adequately. I assumed it was a Vista thing and installed a separate copy of Windows XP which ran really well but just not games. Curious as to whether it was a virtualization (likely the MS/VM video drivers) versus hardware issue, I un-installed the Windows systems, re-based the Leopard system, installed Bootcamp and then Windows Vista Ultimate. After assuring Microsoft that I was not using my copy of Windows on multiple machines they gave me the secret code with authorized my Vista copy on my Bootcamp partition. When I brought up Vista through Bootcamp I found it to be very quick, Aero effects worked and more importantly, my PC games all installed and ran flawlessly. Now I am considering reinstalling VMware Fusion on the machine along with Windows XP to allow the easy switching back and forth between OS's (via VMware Fusion) and still have the capability of playing my *essential* PC games on the same machine via Bootcamp. In summary, I like VMware Fusion and it performs very well - just not with my PC based games.
(December 26, 2007 Update) I did install VMware Fusion on the Leopard partition and am running Windows XP and it is really running everything well with the exception of games. I love the ease of dragging pictures and files back and forth from WinXP to Mac and vice versa with no problems. I have PhotoShop in the Mac side and Microsoft Publisher on the Windows side and it is really painless editing jpegs and then dragging them into Publisher. Running very stable on both sides of the partitions. Still have Windows Vista Ultimate on the Bootcamp partition and it really handles the PC games well but not convenient for switching back and forth between PC and Mac OS's - reboot requred for every change. One curious feature I noted is with the two Seagate external backup drives I have attached to the iMac - one FAT 32 for Windows and the other HTFS format for the Mac. When I am running Leopard I can see and access both drives but when I start up VMware Fusion and bring up Win XP, the FAT 32 drive disappears from the Mac desktop and shows up on the WinXP side only. As soon as I suspend the VMware Fusion the FAT 32 pops up on the Mac desktop again. Not a problem, just interesting. I would suggest that if you are installing VMware Fusion on your Mac that you create enough space in your Windows partition to accommodate your future needs as well as your current ones - the methods I have seen for expanding partition sizes are fairly complex. Still really happy overall with this software.
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
Very impressed so far, 2007-12-08
I haven't tried Parallels so I don't have a lot to compare this with, but I bought this over Parallel's because of VMware's excellent reputation in virtualization and its' strong support for other operating systems in addition to Windows. So far I'm impressed.
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
It's virtuallty fabulous, 2007-12-07
I've used Parallels extensively and wanted to be frugal in spending for virtualization on my Quad-core Mac Pro at home. I am reviewing VMWare products as a hypervisor for use at work, replacing 3 servers, so I decided to try it at home. It's great! I find it easy to use, Wizards or no, and the performance hit on my Mac pro is nil. I thought I'd run 2 or 3 VMs leaving cores for non-virtual use, but I don't have to. I've had 6 VMs running and I can still mess with Photoshop and other CPU intensive apps, while my virtual servers are chugging away. Parallels is good, but it didn't handle the this kind of load as gracefully.
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
Works great so far!, 2007-12-04
I am using Fusion on a newer Macbook running Leopard with 2 gigs of ram. Using Windows XP Pro and it is running flawlessly. Using it to connect to a VPN to get to work and it is faster than my PC at work! Running MS Office, Lotus Notes, other IBM software.
Josh
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