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VMware Fusion 3 Virtualization Solution Now Available
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I get this every time I try to boot my Windows 7 x64 Boot Camp partition. It worked in Fusion 2.
Did you install Fusion 3 over a Fusion 2 install? If so, and you are using your BootCamp partition, then you will need to delete the ~/Library/Application Support/VMWare Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp folder.
When you start up your virtual machine again, Fusion will recreate the folder and everything should work fine.
I had the same problem that you're seeing with the BSOD, and doing what I just explained above fixed the issue.
Is it worth upgrading ?
Hi, I'm running Win XP and 10.5 Leopard on an MBP, I tend to use engineering programs like Matlab, ETAS INCA and the like. Win is on a bootcamp partition for the really heavy work.
I have no immediate plans to upgrade either Win or Mac OSX, so would I see any improvement with Fusion V3 over V2 ?
Thanks.
Hi, I'm running Win XP and 10.5 Leopard on an MBP, I tend to use engineering programs like Matlab, ETAS INCA and the like. Win is on a bootcamp partition for the really heavy work.
I have no immediate plans to upgrade either Win or Mac OSX, so would I see any improvement with Fusion V3 over V2 ?
Thanks.
For any students considering purchasing, you may like to know that VMware do some pretty nice student discounts. You can get VMware Fusion 3 for $39.99 or the upgrade for $19.00. Annoyingly, I didn't know about this and bought Fusion 2.0 with a year upgrade subscription in September last year for $114.93 after tax.
Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for £30 and VMWare Fusion for £13.50. Its a pretty nice week to be a student!
Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for £30 and VMWare Fusion for £13.50. Its a pretty nice week to be a student!
Ah, interesting..
I dont think I'll upgrade (i have Parallels and VMware licenses) .. Win7 64bit runs perfectly from my Bootcamp Parallels4 combo (even though technically im not sure the configuration is supported, its given me no problems on two machines and is very snappy)
Can anyone who's tried them both extensively comment on the speed and responsiveness in comparison? I originally switched back to Parallels from VMware because it was massively faster on my imac.. Hmm. I wonder if they've sped it up. it's not the sort of experiment i want to risk my BC partition for!
I dont think I'll upgrade (i have Parallels and VMware licenses) .. Win7 64bit runs perfectly from my Bootcamp Parallels4 combo (even though technically im not sure the configuration is supported, its given me no problems on two machines and is very snappy)
Can anyone who's tried them both extensively comment on the speed and responsiveness in comparison? I originally switched back to Parallels from VMware because it was massively faster on my imac.. Hmm. I wonder if they've sped it up. it's not the sort of experiment i want to risk my BC partition for!
X3100 support
How did you find out about the differences in X3100 support?
I am curious where (e.g., in the documentation) you read it because I have a BlackBook with the X3100. I also have Fusion 2.0 and Parallels 4, though I haven't installed Parallels 4 yet because I have been working on a graduate thesis.
How did you find out about the differences in X3100 support?
I am curious where (e.g., in the documentation) you read it because I have a BlackBook with the X3100. I also have Fusion 2.0 and Parallels 4, though I haven't installed Parallels 4 yet because I have been working on a graduate thesis.
to me its not weird, its scary and keeping me from upgrading. so if i only get the $40 upgade i have to pay for every update after 3.0?? i have no problem paing for 3.0 and then 4.0 but this needs to be explained better before i even consider upgrading.
Just tried it on a mbp 2.4 4gb ram 8600gt snow leopard
Tried it with win7 x64 ultimate first:
Aero works but it is dog slow (scrolling/fades/typing/unity) and all games
i've tried are crawling. I wouldn't play anything on this.
Also, opengl 1.4 is emulated through dx on win7 so forget running
anything opengl. I've had to disable aero to make it bearable for
everyday use. Idle cpu usage spikes for seemingly no reason are also
common.
Tried it with xp sp3:
A bit faster than fusion 2, less memory use but still sluggy (scrolling windows,
resize, typing especially in unity mode). Apparenty opengl 2.1 is supported
on xp but i didn't try it. DX games were still too slow to play for me (10-30fps for 2005-6 titles, anything recent just didn't work at all).
Overall, given the marketing hype and the promises they made i'd say it is
a disapponting release. If you disable 3d accelleration it is a bit better than 2.x for office work (less memory use and a bit faster) but is still a long long
way from running windows natively/bootcamp.
Tried it with win7 x64 ultimate first:
Aero works but it is dog slow (scrolling/fades/typing/unity) and all games
i've tried are crawling. I wouldn't play anything on this.
Also, opengl 1.4 is emulated through dx on win7 so forget running
anything opengl. I've had to disable aero to make it bearable for
everyday use. Idle cpu usage spikes for seemingly no reason are also
common.
Tried it with xp sp3:
A bit faster than fusion 2, less memory use but still sluggy (scrolling windows,
resize, typing especially in unity mode). Apparenty opengl 2.1 is supported
on xp but i didn't try it. DX games were still too slow to play for me (10-30fps for 2005-6 titles, anything recent just didn't work at all).
Overall, given the marketing hype and the promises they made i'd say it is
a disapponting release. If you disable 3d accelleration it is a bit better than 2.x for office work (less memory use and a bit faster) but is still a long long
way from running windows natively/bootcamp.
This seems really odd, especially since the Fusion 3 announcement on their blog proudly displays a screenshot of playing Left 4 Dead in a Windows 7 VM. Either something is misconfigured for you, it's a bug in Fusion, or they're guilty of gross misadvertising (which seems unlikely). Can anyone else confirm or deny graphics capability in a Windows 7 VM (and note graphics card and 32/64 bit)?
It seems very, very unlikely that no subscription means you get no updates whatsoever. What if a critical security vulnerability is discovered next week? Are they going to tell everyone that they won't issue a patch for a purchased product that's a week old? I think the more likely scenario is that the subscription thing is simply a way to make a lot of easy money off people who opt for it.
Is there anything else I need to do in VMWare to use bridged networking other than changing from NAT to bridge? I want my virtual machine to have its own IP and access other devices on the network.
When I select bridged networking, Windows 7 reports it cannot connect to the Internet or local network despite having an IP address from the router.
I’m coming from Parallels. It accomplished this by creating virtual devices in network preferences.
I had exactly the same experience on an iMac 8,1. Aero does work (Win 7 / 32bit), which is impressive in itself. It even works in Unity mode! However, it is unusable. Disabling transparency is a sort of compromise solution---a bit faster than full Aero, but still noticeably slower than Basic.
I should add that Win7 is considerably slower than XP even on VirtualBox.
I didn't try L4D, but getting something to start up so you can snatch a picture
is different to actually playing the game to a satisfactory degree.
I doubt it's playable on my system given what i have observed so far with other games.
Hmm, I wish I could see a better explanation on the subscription thing.
I really hope that they are just talking about major updates and not point releases. The whole reason there are point releases are to fix bugs/security gaps/compatibility issues/etc... that was in the initial release of the software and needs fixing.
Also, can anyone tell me if Fusion 3 now supports the ExpressCard slot or not.
(I have some devices I need to have work in Windows, and really don't want to have to use bootcamp. )
I really hope that they are just talking about major updates and not point releases. The whole reason there are point releases are to fix bugs/security gaps/compatibility issues/etc... that was in the initial release of the software and needs fixing.
Also, can anyone tell me if Fusion 3 now supports the ExpressCard slot or not.
(I have some devices I need to have work in Windows, and really don't want to have to use bootcamp. )
Hey guys I have version 206. but this version 3does it worth the upgrade?
how about the 3d graphics? full support for Win7 plus aero? how about games?
speed ? etc.
thanks
ID
how about the 3d graphics? full support for Win7 plus aero? how about games?
speed ? etc.
thanks
ID
So far so good for me. I've had so many problems with parallels that it would be hard to beat the crashathon that had.
I'm running Linux and things are smooth sailing.
I noticed a new icon showing on my menu bar after upgrading to Fusion 3. It seems to show stuff on my BootCamp XP menu. I don't really care to have the menu icon, though. I can't find anything in the Fusion preferences to turn it off. Anyone else have this menu icon and turned it off?
Click on the icon, then click on "Application Menu Settings..." (at the bottom).
Change "Show applications menu in the menu bar: " to Never.
For any students considering purchasing, you may like to know that VMware do some pretty nice student discounts. You can get VMware Fusion 3 for $39.99 or the upgrade for $19.00. Annoyingly, I didn't know about this and bought Fusion 2.0 with a year upgrade subscription in September last year for $114.93 after tax.
Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for £30 and VMWare Fusion for £13.50. Its a pretty nice week to be a student!
So is that only a UK thing? I only see an option to pay $39.99 or $59.99. Where's the EDU discount?