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VMware Fusion 13 Now Available With Native Support for Apple Silicon Macs
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Use Parallels. It downloads the right version of Windows and installs it. It does the same with various Linux distros. You don’t have to hunt around for the binaries. It’s worth the price.
Subscription based software as the main option so I purchased the gimped one time purchase version of the software. But now that the newest version is out, I get literal POP UPs while I'm using it every time I open it up to upgrade even though it's working fine. Last version I am going to use until it stops working.
You don't have to subscribe, there is a one time option but they limit the memory to 8GB
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VMware today announced the launch of Fusion 13, the latest major update to the Fusion virtualization software. For those unfamiliar with Fusion, it is designed to allow Mac users to operate virtual machines to run non-macOS operating systems like Windows 11.
Fusion 13 Pro and Fusion 13 Player are compatible with both Intel Macs and Apple silicon Macs equipped with M-series chips, offering native support. VMware has been testing Apple silicon support for several months now ahead of the launch of the latest version of Fusion.
With Fusion 13, Intel and Apple silicon Mac users can access Windows 11 virtual machines. Intel Macs offer full support for Windows 11, while on Apple silicon, VMware says there is a first round of features for Windows 11 on Arm.Users who need to run traditional win32 and x64 apps can do so through built-in emulation.
Fusion 13 also includes a TPM 2.0 virtual device that can be added to any VM, storing contents in an encrypted section of the virtual machine files and offering hardware-tpm functionality parity. To support this feature, Fusion 13 uses a fast encryption type that encrypts only the parts of the VM necessary to support the TPM device for performance and security.
The software supports OpenGL 4.3 in Windows and Linux VMs on Intel and in Linux VMs on Apple silicon.
Fusion 13 Player is free for personal use, and commercial licenses for both versions are available at a 30 percent discount to celebrate the launch. VMware Fusion 13 Player is priced at $104.30, and VMware Fusion Pro is priced at $139.30. Upgrades from prior versions are also available at a lower cost.
Article Link: VMware Fusion 13 Now Available With Native Support for Apple Silicon Macs
It sucks for the ones who has Fusion 12 that doesn't support Apple silicon. parallel enabled 17 and then 18 came with more features
VMware today announced the launch of Fusion 13, the latest major update to the Fusion virtualization software. For those unfamiliar with Fusion, it is designed to allow Mac users to operate virtual machines to run non-macOS operating systems like Windows 11.
Fusion 13 Pro and Fusion 13 Player are compatible with both Intel Macs and Apple silicon Macs equipped with M-series chips, offering native support. VMware has been testing Apple silicon support for several months now ahead of the launch of the latest version of Fusion.
With Fusion 13, Intel and Apple silicon Mac users can access Windows 11 virtual machines. Intel Macs offer full support for Windows 11, while on Apple silicon, VMware says there is a first round of features for Windows 11 on Arm.Users who need to run traditional win32 and x64 apps can do so through built-in emulation.
Fusion 13 also includes a TPM 2.0 virtual device that can be added to any VM, storing contents in an encrypted section of the virtual machine files and offering hardware-tpm functionality parity. To support this feature, Fusion 13 uses a fast encryption type that encrypts only the parts of the VM necessary to support the TPM device for performance and security.
The software supports OpenGL 4.3 in Windows and Linux VMs on Intel and in Linux VMs on Apple silicon.
Fusion 13 Player is free for personal use, and commercial licenses for both versions are available at a 30 percent discount to celebrate the launch. VMware Fusion 13 Player is priced at $104.30, and VMware Fusion Pro is priced at $139.30. Upgrades from prior versions are also available at a lower cost.
Article Link: VMware Fusion 13 Now Available With Native Support for Apple Silicon Macs
I’ve been using VMware on my Intel iMac for years. I’m running windows 10, the company I work for develops a Windows app. It works great running on windows on VMware. Get enough RAM, guys? I also have an M1 Mac, and I will try this out now that it is out of beta. Windows 11 for arm IS out of beta, right ???🍸🙀
On that road you’re not doing anything at all if the internet happens to be down.
Create a free VMWare Connect account so you can get personal use licenses, then go to this page to sign in if you haven’t already and register for a personal use license.please gief info where is it omg
You might need to refresh the page after registering for the license to see the download/license key
i am getting blank page on that link i have done some registrations already and at some point i saw a license number when i pressed free trial...but the license key is not working in the application...wtf was programing this **** lol ?
Why? There is an entire Open Source ecosystem. Everything is free, the OS and all the apps. I've pretty much moved on to Ubuntu, except for a few things that need MacOS or Windows.
Tried to register for the free license, but it's just a blank page. I've tried Safari and Chrome. Anyone else having this issue?
I attached a screenshot of the page.
It said I was logged in before I clicked register, but on the registration page it looks like I'm not logged in. Ad blocker off, cookies allowed. When I press log in it takes me back to the home page.
I attached a screenshot of the page.
It said I was logged in before I clicked register, but on the registration page it looks like I'm not logged in. Ad blocker off, cookies allowed. When I press log in it takes me back to the home page.
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Well, go with the free dumpster fire that is Fusion. VMware lost to Parallels years back. I used to switch between the two all the time. VMware hasn’t been interested in MacOS for years now. They even disbanded the Fusion department at one point. They will continue to lag behind, as they are today worse off than Parallels was two years ago in the M1 platform. Fusion has become another VirtualBox - barely functioning piece of crap. Try to install Windows on Fusion Player (since it’s free) and see how well you fair. Parallels does it for you in 5 minutes, including the automatic download. Then try installing Ubuntu with a desktop environment under Fusion. Parallels does it in 5 minutes. It will take hours for you to do it in Fusion. Good luck.
Yeah, Parallels 19 is just an update to 18 to work on Apple silicon really.
It's supposed to come in v20.
It doesn't seem to accept new registrations. When I clicked through that and clicked the "Register" button, I only get a blank web page — nearly blank except for the navigation header and cookie management button.
You guys should know that virtualisation under Apple Silicon is much, much easier than it was on x86. Because of this a couple of free apps already exist to enable it. And the virtualisation passes through things like GPU acceleration too, with near-native performance. The excellent Eclectic Light blog talks about this here and mentions two free apps:
Wouldn't it be super if the writers at Macrumors mentioned this kind of thing...?
- VirtualBuddy
- Viable (his own app – not quite as user friendly, but still works fine)
Wouldn't it be super if the writers at Macrumors mentioned this kind of thing...?
What APIs does it require? Mouse, keyboard, memory and CPU access obviously: for them iPadOS already have APIs for developers. What would be missing?