VMware boasts that its VMware Fusion enables Mac users to run both 32- and 64-bit operating systems, using two processor cores concurrently, and a number of USB 2.0 devices. Further more, VMware maintained that Fusion also has the distinction of being the only Mac virtualization software available in the present day that has the ability to offer support for more than 60 operating systems and power management capabilities to safeguard virtual machines when laptops are running out of battery.VMware Fusion beta was released in December 2006 and since then there have already been 250,000 downloads of the software.
VMware product manager Dan Chu said, “VMware Fusion was designed for Mac enthusiasts looking for a seamless way to run Windows applications on the Mac.” Adding, “VMware Fusion combines a very clean and intuitive interface that Mac users expect with the world’s most trusted desktop virtualization platform to allow users to run Mac applications seamlessly alongside PC applications on Intel-based Macs.”
However, VMware is sure to face a cut throat competition from the Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac product, in the Windows-on-Mac virtualization market. Parallels launched its third-generation product in June and a few days later there was news about the VMware Fusion Software bringing Windows apps to Mac.
For those who are currently working with Parallels, VMWare provides a Converter utility to allow users to convert their Parallels virtual machine to a VMWare version instead. Fusion also works with Boot Camp.
Parallels director Benjamin Rudolph maintained, “We’re confident that we will maintain our leadership role by continuing to respond to the needs of our customers by introducing new groundbreaking technologies - as we did with Coherence and SmartSelect - that make working with multiple operating systems easier, faster, and more productive than ever before.”
According to Lee, users who are using Parallels with a Boot Camp partition are encouraged to uninstall Parallels prior to installing Fusion.
Furthermore, Fusion bundles “experimental” support for Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard,” and also features “experimental” 3D graphics support making it possible for users to try Windows games (similarly to Parallels, it’s limited at this time to DirectX 8.1 support — an older version of Microsoft’s 3D API).
VMware Fusion is now available online, and will be available through Apple’s retail stores and other authorized retailers worldwide. And the VMware Fusion site states: For a limited time, VMware Fusion is available for pre-order for only $39.99, a 50% savings over the suggested retail price of $79.99 when VMware Fusion is released for general availability.” So you have a chance to pre-order it now through Sunday, August 5, 12:00 PM (Pacific Time).
source:tech2.com
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