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VMware Fusion [OLD VERSION] From:Smith Micro Software Inc.
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5 of 5 customers found the following review helpful: VMWare Fusion for Mac, 2007-12-18 In my opinion, Fusion is the best virtualization software for the Mac. At first I was a Parallels user(v. 2) and it was OK, but not as easy to use as Fusion. After upgrading my Mac to Leopard, I found out that I would have to upgrade to Parallels 3 and be charged $49.99. I had only been using Parallels for 7 months and did not feel that I should have to pay that much that soon. I found Fusion on Amazon for $61.00 with a $20 rebate and FREE shipping! So I uninstalled Parallels, and installed a Fusion 2 days later and have been very, very happy with the switch. Fusion takes advantage of both processors on my Mac and is easier to use. Also, VMWare did not charge an upgrade fee for the Leopard version, it came as a free download. I like that! 3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful: Pleasantly surprised user, 2007-12-14 When I installed this product on my mac I was concerned that it would suddenly slow my machine down. My wife had used Paralells on her MacBook and told me that she couldn't run a lot a programs whenever she had Paralells open (to be fair she was using a version of Paralells from over a year ago so it might have improved). When it came time to setup Fusion, I loved how easy they made it to install windows. It was 10x better than installing windows on a PC. Fusion gives you the option to let it answer all the crazy questions you get when you install a PC. They ask what version of XP you wanted to install and then you can just let it go. Once I had Fusion and Windows installed, it was a breeze to use. I haven't had to contact the manual at all because it is so intuitive to use. In addition, there is little drag on my mac even when I have fusion and 6 or 7 other mac programs running. Overall a great product. 3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful: One Word: Stunning, 2007-12-13 VM ware Fusion was simple to install in Leopard and provided an easy, stable, step-by-step process for installing Windows XP on a Mac. Windows runs flawlessly in the VM environment. Plus, there is nothing as satisfying as having Windows fenced inside of a virtual machine window on a Mac. 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. 46 of 48 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.
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