If your hardware is a Mac, yes. Otherwise, no, not legally.
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VMware Fusion 11 Released With Support for macOS Mojave, 18-Core iMac Pro, and More
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If your hardware is a Mac, yes. Otherwise, no, not legally.
Yep. Since Fusion 4 or 5 I think they say you can install on as many of your own Macs as you like.
Found it for 10.x but I'm sure it still applies
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2126715
Assuming it is a personal license and nothing has changed since 2011 regarding that part of the license, yes.
https://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2011/09/got-more-than-one-mac-weve-got-you-covered.html
For non-commercial use yes. You can install on any number of machines you own, only one copy should be running at any one point in time. This is a big advantage over Parallels who don't allow this.
HOW DARE THEY OFFER SIGNIFICANT UPDATES WHICH REQUIRE TONS OF WORK AND RESOURCES AND EXPECT TO BE PAID FOR IT!
I'm sure you work for free at your job.
I wouldn’t be too worried about it. Neither Parallels or Fusion actually require Mojave in order to install and be used. You only need the new versions of them if you want to run Mojave, or the latest versions of the supported guest operating systems, in a VM, and have that scenario be supported by those companies. For example, I used the latest Windows 10 builds, as well as latest Ubuntu and CentOS releases in a VM with Workstation 12, and had no problems. Wasn’t “officially” supported by VMware, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t going to work.
I upgraded to 14 because I login to vSphere environments a lot, so the additional features there appealed to me. (You can also upgrade to 15 from 12.) Unless 15 offers a huge leap forward in vSphere management over 14 (haven’t seen it yet, but I want actual management of hosts and clusters, not just a topological view of them) I’m staying put at least until 16 comes out, unless VMware has a Black Friday promotion this year with a decent discount (watch their Twitter feed.) But, dammit ... I like the “click-To-ssh” into Linux VMs feature, as well as the stretch mode for high-DPI displays.
Anyway, I usually stay on my current VMware release until it reaches the actual cutoff for upgrade pricing, which is usually 2 major product releases before the current one. Parallels usually does not have the option, but to balance that they typically have promotions throughout the year with things like coupons or participation in some other things like a StackSocial package or something like that.
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Then don't upgrade. They offer the same upgrade price for 2 older versions, so you can decide to update every 2 or 3 years and for ongoing updates, some improvements and compatibility with new OS versions that is a fair deal. Good software costs money and this software allows me to do my job and I get paid for that as well.
Not legitimately, but if you google donk unlocker you may or may not find something.
Parallels Desktop "Pro" is $99 per install where VMWare Fusion can be installed on multiple machines for $119.99. That's a huge difference in pricing.
That's just flat untrue. Old versions work just fine most of the time (every time so far). If you don't want the new features that a new OS and version upgrade enables, then don't upgrade, but no reason to throw FUD out there that is flat out wrong.
I've don't the upgrade every few versions, but this one does look compelling. I find that most VMWare users are more work oriented vs Parallels that has always been more for the gamers with better video performance. I find that Fusion has always offered better reliability when running weird Windows I/O and configuration apps I use for work. If it saves me 10 minutes on a project then $49 is worth it.
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#MeToo
Not that I am a power user but I like to fire up Windows or Ubuntu for certain things. I wouldn't say I love it but it works for me and coherence it's kinda neat. I could use Virtualbox but Parallels take the effort out of everything.
What significant upgrades are in the new version? Or the last three, for that matter? Fusion updates are usually little more than some patches to support updated OS releases. A car company doesn’t refer to last year’s model as a major update if they merely add a few new paint colors and a revised grille. This is the same thing.
This.
I’m running Fusion 8 under High Sierra and it works fine. So many people just want to complain. It’s tedious.
I’d probably be ok with this type of subscription as long as I get to keep using the last version I got while I had a paid subscription if I decide I no longer want the subscription. In other words, the software isn’t turned off if I drop the subscription - I just wouldn’t continue getting the new versions.
Hey for all your virtualization geeks.. I have the need to run a few virtual machines in MAC OS X. Not windows. Right now I do so swimmingly in the free version of Parallels Desktop which allows you to run OSX VMs without a price. Is there a better way or better software to accomplish this task?
How is Parallels a better deal?
$99.99/year means you will have to keep paying EVERY year to use the software (whether you actually install a version upgrade or not).
VMware is a one time payment, you can run the version you paid for for many years. The choice when to upgrade and make a new payment is yours.
as an avid user of VMfusion and support it for my clients, this statement is a bit untrue. The assumption is their old version is not compatible anymore with the new OS and thus you have to upgrade to keep support (which is the case with Parallels usually). VMfusion was updated with new features but the OLD version still works just fine under Mojave (I tested on my iMac and my Macbook Pro), thus you are not forced to upgrade when running Mojave 10.14. Their licensing policy also is more liberal than Parallels so you can install more then once (laptop and desktop for example) which also hasn't changed. VMfusion is a great product and has top notch support and great licensing, and it has as much more value today as it did before the update.
I believe one needs to upgrade to Fusion 11 if one wants to have Mojave as a guest OS. Although Fusion 10 will run on Mojave, unless I'm wrong, it can't create Mojave VM's.
There is!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/parallels-desktop-lite/id1085114709?mt=12
Mac and Linux cost free. Windows is where you pay.
"VMware Fusion, like rival software Parallels Desktop, can run hundreds of operating systems, ranging from the latest Windows 10 versions to Linux distributions like Ubuntu, directly on the desktop of a Mac."
Hundreds? wow, I'd like to see the author's list, no idea there were that many.
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Yah. everyone knows programmers work for free. This must just be greedy executives stealing from the people.
Hundreds? wow, I'd like to see the author's list, no idea there were that many.
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Yah. everyone knows programmers work for free. This must just be greedy executives stealing from the people.