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| VMware Fusion [OLD VERSION] | ![VMware Fusion [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41G9fY5S8fL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | From: Smith Micro Software Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $46.80
You Save: $33.19 (41%)
New (9) Used (6) from $36.90
Avg. Customer Rating:  240 reviews
Sales Rank: 403
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X, Macintosh
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: VMFUSMBX2
Model: VMFUSMBX2
UPC: 717103140372
EAN: 0717103140372
ASIN: B000UK3GVA
Release Date: August 20, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New. Out of packaging. Ships asap. Customer satisfaction is our goal. We offer a 7 day return policy on anything that is defective or grossly misadvertised. Make contact within 7 days and receive a full refund. You will also be reimbursed for the return shipping. There is a 15% restocking fee for all orders cancelled by buyer or returned non-defective. International/APO/FPO/PO addresses are welcome here. Bulk discounts are also available. Orders are shipped via USPS First class mail (1-7 days). Expediated is available on select items and are shipped via USPS Priority Mail (1-3 days). Larger items may be shipped via UPS Ground (1-6 days), insured. Tracking is available on UPS shipped orders. All orders are shipped within 2 business days from Iowa.
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| Customer Reviews:
 VMWare Fusion July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this version of VMWare Fusion and as soon I installed it there was an update available. Installing XP was easy. I look forward to installing other OS's. I was surpised at how well XP runs in the virtual environment. I had a preconceived misconception that the virtualization software was buggy and slow, I was surpised at how FAST XP runs on my Mac with this software. I now switch between my Mac applications and Photoshop on Windows XP. Redirecting USB devices to the operating system is also very simple and easy. I found that my Mac detected the devices while I had to download drivers for XP in order to use a multi card reader. Overall great product, I still have some things to figure out but overall it is very easy to use and more stable than I expected. One thing I must mention, make sure to give permisssions to read and write to the Mac folders (when setting up), otherwise you cannot move files from your virtual OS into the Mac folders from My Computer, and I'm not sure if there is a setting to turn this back on. The work around for me is to save to flash drive and copy back to the Mac.
Great virtualization software. July 26, 2008
Very easy to use. Makes virtualization simple. Make sure your windows OS install is on a single disk. If you have a multiple disk install it won't work. (for a free alternative check out VirtualBox)
 VMWare Fusion July 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased VMWare Fusion for my iMac and it works great. I appreciate the concept of virtual appliances to make my Windows work easier to handle on my Mac.
Great for Mac Newbies! July 22, 2008
I've never owned a Mac until just recently. And the thought of transferring documents and finding applications that were installed on our Windows machine seemed like a very daunting task. When I learned that I could simply transfer our existing PC onto a VM under Fusion, I knew I had the best way to make the transition. Thankfully, I'm very familiar with VMware's other products, such as Workstation and ESX, since I use both at work.
Installing Fusion was a breeze. This was one of the first applications that I had a chance to install on a Mac, and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was.
The next step, and the most complicated was converting my existing PC into a VM and transferring it over to the Mac. VMware has a tool that makes this very easy. Once I had the vmdk file created, I put it out on a Windows share and used the Mac 'Connect to a Server' feature to copy off the Windows share. Importing the VM into fusion was pretty straight forward.
Overall, everything worked great. However, I didn't anticipate the resource overhead that Fusion and a running VM would take. I would highly recommend that before you do this, that you have at least 2GB of RAM. The processor in our iMac 24" has plenty of power, but the default 1GB just doesn't cut it.
I can say that this software is one of the coolest products out there. The integration between the VM and the Mac OS is amazing. From the seamless mode, to sharing USB devices, it all just works so well. I'm not familiar with Parallels, but I would have to say that Fusion offers a terrific solution for those that may be interested in making the switch from PC to Mac. Also, if you're a cross-platform developer and prefer the Mac, than this would seem like a must-have to test against Windows.
EXCELLENT PRODUCT, BUT NOW SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER WITH PARALLELS July 22, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have little that I can add to all that has already been said about this magical product, but I wish Amazon will update the "Featured Reviews" and include some of the more recent ones. All of the current highlighted selections are from 2007 and show the competing product, Parallels, in poor light, which as of July 2008 is far from accurate.
Parallels now offers everything Fusion offers, and is in some cases faster, especially with XP Service Pack 3 (in my experience and in some testing by third parties--Google is your friend.) With the "Coherence" mode, you can use guest OSes just as though you were using an OSX application including seamless Command-Tab switching, share folders across OSes, create snapshots (to revert to in case your OS becomes corrupted), and so on. The networking, USB support, printing, and all of that simply works out of the box without a hitch.
Fusion is a stellar system too, no doubt. But to be fair to both of these superb tools, they now have comparable feature sets, so let's not pointlessly denigrate one or the other. Both of them are equally decent, both of them are the exact same price (hail competition), but if you're one for eye candy, Parallels is just a wee bit prettier in my humble opinion.
That said, you won't go wrong with either. As a sneaky little feature, Fusion allows you to easily import your Parallels virtual machines into Fusion without the original CD of the OS. Nice! :)
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