Full Version: VMware Fusion?

From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) [#1]
9 Mar 15:34
To: ALL

I'm very happy with my lovely MacBook Pro, which is using Bootcamp to switch between OSX and Windows 7. But I have become aware of something called Fusion, which will apparently let me run them both at the same time, and get all the funky Windows Aero effects and stuff, and even do this using the existing Bootcamp partition.

Any Mac bods using Fusion? Is it any good? Am I likely to do serious irreversible having-to-reinstall-everything damage by getting the trial edition?

BTW, Mac bods, last day to buy a shitload of nice apps for $19.95, including RipIt and Tales of Monkey Island: http://www.macheist.com/ - and 25% of price goes to charidee.

From: sinkywinky [#2]
9 Mar 16:50
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) [#1] 12 Mar 2:12

I use it on my faux mac and like it so much I actually paid for it. Not tried Windows 7 on it though, or using a Bootcamp partition since I don't have one. It has not fucked anything up, so try the demo.

From: Ixion [#3]
10 Mar 9:09
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) [#1] 12 Mar 2:12

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/11/vmware-fusion-3-review.ars Depends what you want to do really, for basic apps it should be fine, anything with OpenGL or DirectX then you're much better off in Native Windows. Having a very similar set-up to you (MBP with an SSD) is the 30 seconds to reboot in the other OS really that painful?

From: W R O N G bot (DSMITHHFX) [#4]
10 Mar 12:23
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) [#1] 12 Mar 2:12

VirtualBox has been doing opengl and direct 3d for a few versions now, and it's free. Not sure how it stacks up against VMWare though.

From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) [#5]
12 Mar 2:16
To: Ixion [#3] 16 Mar 22:10

It's more to do with the ability to share the disk space, and just have Tweetdeck installed once.

Anyway, I've got it installed now and it's fucking awesome. Haven't tried games yet, but it runs VS2010RC beautifully. I'll probably keep the Bootcamp partition as well, mind, just for proper full-speed accelerated stuff.

I love the way the Windows Update icon shows up in the OSX system tray.

From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) [#6]
14 Mar 1:10
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) [#5] 14 Mar 1:11

I've scrapped the Bootcamp partition, in fact, because 128GB doesn't go far when it's split between two OSes. Everything Windows-only I need runs very nicely indeed in a regular VM.

From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) [#7]
16 Mar 13:34
To: ALL

VMware Fusion 3.1 Beta is now available, and has various improvements, including improved OpenGL/Direct X support:

quote: BigMadKev

More Powerful Graphics Performance for Games & 3D Apps: OpenGL 2.1 support for Windows Vista and Windows 7, DirectX 9.0 SM3 performance improvements, Windows Aero performance improvements, better OpenGL compatibility for modeling apps

(VMware Page).

From: Hugh et al le J (KOSWIX) [#8]
17 Mar 2:23
To: ALL

I want a faux mac, mainly for Garage Band. What do I need?

From: milko [#9]
17 Mar 9:38
To: Hugh et al le J (KOSWIX) [#8] 17 Mar 14:48

Hackintosh!

From: W R O N G bot (DSMITHHFX) [#10]
17 Mar 11:20
To: Hugh et al le J (KOSWIX) [#8] 17 Mar 14:48

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) [#11]
20 Mar 15:27
To: ALL

In further updateyness, Fusion 3.1 actually runs the Windows Phone 7 dev tools and emulator; a VM running inside a VM!

Updated list of things I need:

2x4GB RAM sticks @ £400.
1x512GB SSD @ £1,000.
1x24" Apple Cinema display @ £650.

Amount of money I have:

-400,000 pounds.

From: bepro (BEMERY) [#12]
29 Mar 12:05
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) [#11] 5 Apr 8:34

I'm currently using VM Fusion 2.04 on my Mac Pro and 3.0.0 on my MacBook Pro.

I have no grief with the software and I cant complain.

I would recommend using Parallels for Mac at the current time as it is faster, it also has a lower overhead on it and more customization.

8 page Fusion vs. Parallels

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