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From:Smith Micro Software Inc.
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1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
 Great product for the Macbook, 2008-06-04
About 6 months ago I bought a Macbook, but still continued to run various Windows applications on my PC. Although Mac versions of some of these applications were available (such as for Quicken), I really did not want to have to pay for the same software twice; in addition, the Mac versions of Windows applications don't always work as well. So I resigned myself to switching between my two computers--until I discovered VMware Fusion.
I downloaded a 30 day trial version from the company's website, and was so impressed that I bought it from Amazon (cheaper than buying directly from the company).
Installation on my Macbook was painless and simple. Please note that besides this software, you also need a Windows installation disk since you are creating a virtual PC on your Mac.
Now I can install and use Quicken, Palm Desktop, Garmin Training Center and other Windows programs on my Mac with ease. I can have my virtual PC occupy a portion of the screen or the full screen. I can also have Windows applications sit in my dock if I want to. But usually I just minimize my Windows desktop to my dock and maximize it when I need it.
I bought this product rather than Parallels Desktop (which I have not tried) based on the reviews.
If you are looking for an effortless way to install and run Windows programs on your Mac, look no further. This software does the job nicely. It makes so much more sense to buy this single software program than to to start buying the Mac equivalent of Windows programs, especially since the Mac equivalent often does not work as well.
VMware Fusion Rocks, 2008-06-04
Easy to install, easy to use. My only complaint with my Mac is that I cannot run certain work-related windows programs. Not anymore! Fusion works like a champ. No noticeable lag in performance...no errors. I highly recommend this program.
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
It has worked so far, 2008-06-02
I installed this product on an iMac running Leopard. I had been using boot camp, but that is not nearly as convenient as clicking on the Fusion icon on my toolbar and running Windows XP in as a virtual machine.
I purchased it as a CD rather than as a download, and I did not have as easy an installation as others indicated. It installed from my CD fine, but there is a more recent version than the CD I received that can be downloaded for free. I did finally get it downloaded and installed, but it cost more time than I would have liked.
When I installed it, I already had a Boot Camp partition. So I used that for one virtual machine and also set up a normal virtual disk based virtual machine and installed Windows XP on both of them. For my purposes, I could not tell the difference in their functionality or performance - so I deleted the Boot Camp partition and only use the virtual disk based virtual machine - which uses less disk space. If you search around for it, Vmware's web site lists the pro's and con's of a Boot Camp partition vs. virtual disk based virtual machines.
I now run Windows on my Mac whenever I like. Moving back and forth between Windows and OSX is as easy as moving the mouse. Prior to Fusion, I ran Windows only when absolutely necessary because of the need to reboot - I have two applications that will not run under OSX.
All-in-all, the product seems to work as advertised and for the cost - buy it and then forget Boot Camp. You will find a glitch or two - but then you ARE using a computer. Also remember that you will have to set up your normal Windows virus and spyware protection on your virtual machine.
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Works exactly as advertised, 2008-06-01
Use with:
Macbook pro penryn 2.5GHz
Leopard 10.5.3 with bootcamp
Windows XP home SP2 OEM (upgraded to SP3 after installation)
I was concerned initially that this wouldn't work with an OEM version of XP when using it with both bootcamp and Fusion, but when I followed a very precise order of installation (which I found online), it was easy and relatively fast (the most time-consuming process was installing XP itself).
Once I installed Fusion, I was able to update to the most current version of the software online for free.
Here are the steps I took for a relatively painless install of XP:
1) Create the boot camp partition and install Windows XP.
2) Start up Windows XP with Boot Camp and validate.
3) Do all your patching and updating.
4) Boot into OS X
5) Install VMware Fusion and VMware tools if not installed already
6) Create a new image using the Boot Camp partition as the source
7) Startup Windows XP in VMware
9) Reboot the Windows XP in VMware
10) Validate Windows XP in VMware (this has to be after VMware tools is
installed and the image was rebooted. You may have to call the number for phone activation--the automated system will ask you to enter in a series of many, many numbers into your computer, which then should be adequate to validate the software again)).
11) Shutdown Windows XP in VMware
12) Shutdown OS X
13) Startup Windows XP using Boot Camp
14) Validate one last time if needed (this last step wasn't necessary for me).
Now I can use my Mac as a hybrid machine that can either run OS X, Windows, or both at the same time. I can drag documents and files from one system to another pretty seamlessly. It's pretty sweet.
The Best Virtualization Software for a Mac, 2008-05-30
Fusion is among the best out there for those seeking to run any version of Windows, Linux, etc... on a Mac. What makes it the best, is that you can run the virtual machine from an external hard drive, and you can run that virtual machine on any computer with VMware Fusion installed on it. I really love it, because I can work on Visual Studio and SQL Server from any computer off a single hard drive, and than if I did want too, I can transfer the virtual OS to the actual computer, and than transfer it to the Windows Server, or any other drive. The only downsides I can think of, are that Vista does not run well on my MacBook Air through Fusion, and on Vista, the Aero interface will not work, but that on any virtualization software. That's ok though, cause XP runs really well on the AIr. What makes this software fun, is that if there is any OS out there you want to run, but without messing up your current partition, you can run it through a virtual machine.
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