VMware Fusion [OLD VERSION]
![VMware Fusion [OLD VERSION]](/Images/B000UK3GVA/medium.jpg) | Average Customer Rating: Recommend From the proven leader in desktop virtualization comes VMware Fusion--the most seamless way to run Windows applications on your Mac. VMware Fusion combines a clean and intuitive interface that Mac users expect with a virtualization platform trusted by millions of users today. VMware Fusion allows you to launch your Windows applications from the Dock and switch between Windows and Mac applications using Exposé. With the industry's most advanced… Product details and pricing info |
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240 Customer Reviews Posted
- It works and it's pain-free
- I want to start off by saying that I am not a particularly techy guy. I used both a mac an a pc simply because some applications I needed for work wouldn't run on a Mac. Personally, I prefer to use OS. I knew about Parallels but the reports I had had were not emphasising it's ease of use. I've been using fusion for a couple of weeks now and it is great. It's simple to use. No major instructions needed, it is quite common sensical. The installation was painless. I no longer carry two computers. I did keep my pc for games. I haven't been able to run games on the mac yet. But no need, I'm quite happy as is.
There are plenty of long reviews here that will give you the details. But rest assured that if you're not that computer savvy but want to use windows and OS on your mac at once, get this product. It works and it's simple enough to use. - 2008-08-29, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Program good / Rebate Stinks !!!
- The program is good. I would rate it 5 stars out of 5 were it not for the hassle of the rebate. I do rebates all the time and never ever had any problems except for VMWare (also check internet for more rebate complaints). I think it's time for Amazon to start a Survey Program on Rebates for items purchased through them. Receipt of my rebate was not shown until 3 weeks later, and only after lots of correspondence from me. Suggested rebate time of 6 to 8 weeks is up. Per rebate track status my check was MAILED on 5 August. It's 28 August today and still nothing here. If I had to do it all over again I would have bought PARALLELS without a rebate. In Jan. 2008, Peter Kazanjy - VMWare Fusion Product Marketing - stated in response to a complaint:
"We thank you for your patience and want to let you know that while Rebate Programs TYPICALLY have the taint of hoping that users forget and throwing up (sic) road blocks to fulfillment. This is 100% not the case here."
I think it IS and urge you to stay away from the product with the rebate. - 2008-08-28, 1 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Not convenient for Graphic Design needs
- If you have any issues with installation; too bad, the VMware website only offers help at a rate of $99 a year (for one incident). I bought this software because I heard Parallels was crashy, and I had Bootcamp previously on my computer, but found it annoying to reboot in order to use different programs. So after replacing a worn out hard drive, I thought Fusion would be the perfect solution since I had to reinstall Windows anyway.
While it works reasonably well, I had alot of issues with setting up the virtual machine without taking up too much room on my computer (I had several Windows discs that were not working; expired codes and such.) I have also found that I still have to install my printer on both the regular and virtual machine, and my external hard drive is not found by Fusion. I find it is worth the effort of rebooting with Bootcamp.
One final note is that I also had to upgrade my RAM, because Bootcamp merely uses it in one partition or the other, but Fusion divides it, making me unable to run Adobe products, in which I need the entire Master collection for Graphic Design, and was the only reason I was running Windows on my computer to begin with. - 2008-08-27, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Makes me life (as a web dev) complete
- Even with 1GB RAM, 9GB of harddrive remaining, this still runs fine. Now that's impressive.
- 2008-08-26, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Amazing! Better than Bootcamp
- Let me start out by saying that I tried to install Windows on my Mac a few months ago, with Bootcamp. Well, Bootcamp ended up erasing my entire hard drive--I lost everything. Wouldn't you know that my back-up hard drive I had purchased didn't arrive at my door until the day after this...
I was hesitant to try this again, but Fusion came highly recommended by Apple Geniuses and I really needed Windows for one program for work on my Macbook.
After an easy, breezy set-up, I now have Windows, and my hard drive is still intact! Fusion is really amazing. No restarting the computer to put into Windows mode; it goes into stand-by when not in use. Files are easily found and used on both OS. I can even watch my Netflix now.
I highly recommend this for anyone looking for a program other than Bootcamp. Thank you Fusion! - 2008-08-17, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
