VMWare Fusion 3 VS Fusion 4

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johnesocko

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Oct 10, 2011

• #1

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

• Oct 10, 2011

• #2

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

macrumors Broadwell

• Oct 11, 2011

• #3

I'm running office apps and quickbooks so for me, I see no difference as well.

 

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Yata-Hey

macrumors newbie

• Oct 11, 2011

• #4

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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johnesocko

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Oct 12, 2011

• #5

Thanks for the replies, I will stick with 3 and maybe try the trial.