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VMWare Fusion
alaSCORE 91

9 reviews

November, 2009

90 / 100

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VMware Fusion

By Christopher Phin

The World of Windows on Your Mac

Feels like Mac software. Virtualize two cores per virtual machine. 64-bit OS support.

Limited to a single snapshot.

. Fusion is a great product, and if it weren't for the fact that we'd seen so many of its exciting features in Parallels-Unity, easy Windows installation with just a serial number, using the Boot Camp partition-we'd be more excited. As it stands, ...

COMPANY: VMwareCONTACT: www.vmware.comPRICE: $79.99, $399.99 for five licenses, $699.99 for 10 licensesREQUIREMENTS: Intel Core 2 Duo or later, Mac OS 10.4.9 or later, 512MB RAM Feels like Mac software. Fusion¡¯s Unity feature lets you run Windows...

February, 2008

Rating

80

maclife.com
US

VMware Fusion Review

By Robert Mohns

People have been finding ways of running other operating systems on their Macs for the past twenty years. Hardware options started out in 1985 with Dayna's MacCharlie, an expansion box and software kit for the original Mac (and later the Mac Plus) ...

Well integrated into Mac experience, Rapid VM suspend/resume, Low performance impact on Mac environment, 3D hardware acceleration for games

Only one snapshot per VM, Linux tools dependencies may flummox non-experts, Expos頤rawing problems in Windows

VMware Fusion is in hot competition with Parallels Desktop, which was first to market. Fusion is priced identically to Parallels - which is about a hundred dollars cheaper than the Windows version of VMware! There are less expensive options than ...

Massive high-definition trailers from Apple's web site played flawlessly. (VMware claims that Fusion has the lowest resource utilization of any virtualization product on the Mac platform.) [We have posted a gallery of VMware Fusion screenshots...

August, 2007

No rating

macintouch.com
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VMWare Fusion

By Karl Hodge

Award: Editor's Choice!

Use alternative operating systems within Mac OS; without the need to reboot.

Run Windows apps on your Mac desktop, drag and drop between operating systems, 64 bit support

No resize of virtual hard drives, can't access files in virtual machines unless running

This version of Fusion includes many features missing in earlier beta versions, putting it on a par with its main rival Parallels 3.0. With fast performance, ease of use and setup, this is a convincing entrant in the virtualisation market at a ...

Windows on your Mac Whether it¡¯s for work or play, VMWare Fusion makes it easy to add multiple operating systems in OS XBack in June 2005, Apple announced that it would switch from a PowerPC based architecture to Intel chips. Early beta versions...

December, 2007

Rating

100

macworld.co.uk

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