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VMWare Fusion 3 VS Fusion 4

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johnesocko

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Aug 23, 2010
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I have a Mac Pro on Lion and wanted to see if anyone else has seen a big performance increase in VMWare Fusion 4 over Fusion 3?

I just want to see if its worth the upgrade or not?
 
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ooninay

macrumors member
Mar 19, 2009
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Toronto
I downloaded the trial and found no discernible difference in performance between the two. Mind you, I don't play games in my virtual machines or do anything too intensive... mostly I use it for Outlook. So I'll be sticking with v. 3
 
maflynn

maflynn

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May 3, 2009
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I'm running office apps and quickbooks so for me, I see no difference as well.
 
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Yata-Hey

macrumors newbie
Jun 27, 2009
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Tried the demo-download

I tried the demo and found Fusion 4 to be a little more refined than 3, but I noticed no appreciable difference in speed. However, I notice a tremendous difference when I downloaded and used Parallels 7. Loading a Windows 2007 Virtual Machine and OneNote program took 85 seconds in VMware and only 20 seconds in Parallels. I have officially switched to Parallels after 4 years of using VMware Fusion.
 
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