“VMWare has released Fusion 2.0, which is a free upgrade for 1.x owners, new features / improvements of the Intel Mac virtualization software include: Multiple Snapshots & AutoProtect, Shared Folder, Improvements & Mirrored Folders, URL Handling, Application Sharing, True Multiple Display Support, Unity Improvements, Graphics Improvements. For details on all the above and more visit the Fusion website for the release notes.”
Wow, free upgrade for 1.x users? Great, I’m going to download it right now!
can anyone say how good this support is? For example could it play spore?
I ask because its a new game that runs on a macbook under XP but not OSX (xp supports the 950 but osx version does not)
There IS directX support. However, I wouldn’t even begin to suggest playing any type of graphically intensive games through virtualization. Stick with dual-booting as that is still the best way, unless a game can play through WINE/Crossover or native to OSX. I remember trying to play Starcraft through Crossover/VMWare Fusion and it didn’t like it, one bit.
I use Parallels, does VMWare have any major advantages?
I got a Mac after both Parallels and VMWare Fusion were both well-established, and after a bit of research I decided on Fusion, mainly because reviews I read said it was a bit faster. It’s also kind of nice that it’s compatible with VMWare images and VMware on other OSes, although that’s really not a biggie for me.
On the whole the speed difference probably isn’t worth making the switch; however for new buyers I’d tend to recommend VMWare. I’m quite satisfied with it.
Edited 2008-09-17 19:40 UTC
It Runs OS X 10.5 virtual machines.
I’ve been running it for five minutes and already I’m super-impressed!
It automatically scales the desktop to fit the window on my Ubuntu install, which didn’t used to work!
It is capable of taking automatic snapshots, and can create as many snapshots as you like!
It lets you open VMware Fusion apps from your Mac, and Mac apps from VMware Fusion (for instance when you click mailto: links)!
It lets your Mac browse your VMware virtual disks!
It lets you copy your Boot Camp partition into a new virtual disk image!
The interface is spiffy!
This is the most awesome free upgrade ever! VMware Fusion rocks!
OK, I realize right now I sound like a total VMware marketing employee here, sorry… I’m not…. I’m just very pleasantly surprised
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Edited 2008-09-17 21:14 UTC
Very nice upgrade. XP SP3 remains very stable and useable.
The whole package feels very polished now. I can’t compare it to Parallels as I have never owned or seen that in action, but I do plenty of Access 2003 VBA coding through Fusion and it’s more than fast enough on my core 2 duo MacBook at 2.0Ghz, even with just a single processor assigned to emulation.
Sadly, I still can’t get eComsStation 1.2R to install, even with the os2experimental guestos and other switches I have found on the Web. I understand that eCS 2.0 Release Candidates do install however, so I will have to wait for that to be released.
I now just need to install a small compact Linux distro to test client websites in Linux browsers.