There is little point in VMware supporting macS on AS, just as there is little point in paying Parallels for it. Implementing VM solutions on Apple Silicon is relatively easy and the free products (VirtualBuddy and Viable) do a great job.
I just want to be able to run developer betas of new macOS releases so I can test apps on them without having to install them as the main OS on my Mac Studio.
Doesn't look like that. But VMware can download it directly and is free now for private use.
VMware Fusion Pro is now free for everyone to use- personal or commercial. https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foun...n-and-workstation-are-now-free-for-all-users/
VirtualBuddy will only virtualize macOS or Linux. As above, you can use VMware Fusion Pro for free.
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This, along with VirtualBuddy (and Parallels Desktop's Apple Silicon macOS support) are all just front ends to Apple's virtualization framework. Performance and functionality is going to be essentially identical among all of them.For macOS I would also give this Viable a try:
Introducing Viable, to virtualise macOS on Apple silicon Macs
With configurable CPU core count, memory size and display resolution, it can even run at least two VMs at once.
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I can't decide whether that is good (free for everyone will increase its use) or bad (no revenue stream, no paid support). Time will tell.
Yeah, I wonder as well. I don’t trust Broadcom to do anything except milk VMware for money so I assume Fusion is dying a slow-ish death at this point.
I might have to consider Parrallels again since I want something that is regularly updated.
eh, I'd use Fusion if it serves your needs for now. No need to go down the subscription path if there's a viable alternative at the moment.
