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Deals: VMware Kicks Off 15% Storewide Sale, Including New Savings on Fusion 12 Software

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VMware today kicked off a new promotion that's taking 15 percent off everything on its online store through Friday, October 8. This savings event covers software like VMware Fusion 12 Pro, VMware Fusion 12 Player, VMware Workstation 16 Pro, and more.

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For commercial use, the VMware Fusion 12 Player software is priced at $126.65, down from $149.00. If you're upgrading from Fusion 10 or greater, you can pay $67.15 for Fusion 12, down from $79.00.



If you're interested in Fusion 12 Player for personal use, a personal use license is free with a valid MyVMware account. Only those who intend to use the software in a commercial setting will need to pay for the license.

You can also get VMware Fusion 12 Pro at the discounted price of $169.15, down from $199.00 for a commercial use license. The Pro version of the software includes a license to run on up to three machines, along with other features.

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Who uses VMware fusion on Mac anyways unless they want Linux virtualisation?
VMware Workstation on Windows still seem to be more useful than VMware Fusion On Mac.
 
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Jerry Fritschle said:
You're confusing virtualization with emulation. It's the latter that mimics a different processor architecture, and then you put your OS on top of that.
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VMware Fusion for Apple Silicon Public Tech Preview Now Available | Hacker News

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Not really. We're still talking about a virtualization product that won't be running Windows on an M1 Mac. If it has to emulate the CPU that's nothing new. Heck, I had a Windows 98 VM on my PPC powermac like 20 years ago.
 
gammamonk said:

VMware Fusion for Apple Silicon Public Tech Preview Now Available | Hacker News

news.ycombinator.com news.ycombinator.com

Not really. We're still talking about a virtualization product that won't be running Windows on an M1 Mac. If it has to emulate the CPU that's nothing new. Heck, I had a Windows 98 VM on my PPC powermac like 20 years ago.
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You could always give them a call and tell them how to do it properly. I’m sure they’ll be grateful for the advice, being the small start-up that they are.
 
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Shirasaki said:
On Intel Mac? Sure.
VMware Has abandoned x86 virtualisation on M1 Mac.
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It hasn't "abandoned" anything. They never had x86 emulation for ARM.

Shirasaki said:
What else can it do over Parallel?
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For example the Pro version can seamlessly interact with VSphere or ESXi clusters, including VM migration. It also has more advanced virtual network capabilities.
 
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Parallels is a better experience than VMware Fusion but if you share or use Virtual machines with VMware Workstation Linux and Windows then VMWare is the way to go. Or if you see a day when you switch 100% to Apple Silicon then it will be much easier to migrate your current VMs to another platform like Linux or Windows.
 
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MrGimper said:
Will be expecting Fusion 13 soon?
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Unlikely. Fusion is on a 2 year release cycle. Heck, Fusion 12 received only one feature update (+ 2 bug and security fix releases) since it came out last September. It is still missing a slate of features and important bug fixes.
 
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If you're interested in Fusion 12 Player for personal use, a personal use license is free with a valid MyVMware account. Only those who intend to use the software in a commercial setting will need to pay for the license.
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That's what was said last time, I tried (hard) but could not find the licence free one.

Their site is one of the worst I ever encountered, it's a ffing maze/a complete disaster.


EDIT: Wow, this time the link actually did its job, didn't even need to input the licence key after installing, it was already included.
 
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Shirasaki said:
Who uses VMware fusion on Mac anyways unless they want Linux virtualisation?
VMware Workstation on Windows still seem to be more useful than VMware Fusion On Mac.
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I run Linux and FreeBSD.
No Windows.

I try to not upgrade too often. But these days, that means skipping a major macOS release, too.
Because of Linux virtualization, I don’t see myself switching to M chips soon.
 
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Such a shame that they're not going to be supporting Windows on M1. I've used VMWare Fusion for years, since V1 Beta, but when I upgrade to an M1 mac, I'll have to switch to Parallels instead.
 
When V13 is released, I'll not be upgrading. Hopefully few others will update too. Maybe they'll then get the message that the biggest use case for Fusion is running Windows. By a very long way. And unless they get this sorted, at least as far as the efforts Parallels have made, then why would anyone be interested?
 
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