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VMWare Fusion 4 is out

hfg said:
When you run the installation for Fusion 4, you are given 2 choices for the upgrade.

The top on is to drag the VMware Fusion icon and drop it on your Application Folder.

The other is to "Double-click to upgrade from VMware Fusion 3".




Which one did the people who had no activation problems use?
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I've double clicked to upgrade the Fusion 3, no need to re-activate Windows at all.
Fusion 4 instruction specifically says to use the upgrade option in case there is previous version of Fusion installed on the computer.

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maflynn said:
I have a 2010 13" MBP with 8gb of ram. It had a faster value prior to the upgrade. I'll have to play with the settings when I get home.
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I would also start with the settings. Good luck.
Fusion 4 running already for two days and no problems at all. As I've said, it looks to be faster and smoother.
 
Honbe said:
I've double clicked to upgrade the Fusion 3, no need to re-activate Windows at all.
Fusion 4 instruction specifically says to use the upgrade option in case there is previous version of Fusion installed on the computer.

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I would also start with the settings. Good luck.
Fusion 4 running already for two days and no problems at all. As I've said, it looks to be faster and smoother.
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OK ... I guess I should have RTFM and actually paid attention. :rolleyes: :)

I did the Fusion install on another Macbook Air using the "upgrade" option and it completed fine and Windows7 remained activated.:cool:

BTW - I also went through the phone re-activation with the first Air, and had no problems. Microsoft has improved the process and it now goes very quickly, without all the "confirmation and repeat" nonsense with each and every group. Now, it simply reads the numbers group-by-group with no stops unless you say to repeat a group. Much improved!


-howard
 
Honbe said:
I would also start with the settings. Good luck.
Fusion 4 running already for two days and no problems at all. As I've said, it looks to be faster and smoother.
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I retested it this evening and the numbers look better. I think my initial test started and while WEI was chugging, I minimized VMware to work on other things and it then ran slower as a background process.

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I just bought this and will be installing in a bit. For those who will be buying it from VMWare's online store, coupon code FUSION20 gets you 20% off. I got mine for $39 after the coupon was applied!
 
maflynn said:
I retested it this evening and the numbers look better. I think my initial test started and while WEI was chugging, I minimized VMware to work on other things and it then ran slower as a background process.

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Are the numbers better than Fusion 3?
 
Honbe said:
Are the numbers better than Fusion 3?
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They're very close to what I was getting in fusion 3. So much so, I'd say I'm getting nearly identical speeds. I was not dissatisfied Fusion 3's speed, but getting slower (at first) in fusion 4 was alarming.

I'm happy with how things are working in fusion 4, I compared it against parallels 7 and the numbers are equal. I don't play games so any advantages parallels may have in directx is lost on me.
 
maflynn said:
They're very close to what I was getting in fusion 3. So much so, I'd say I'm getting nearly identical speeds. I was not dissatisfied Fusion 3's speed, but getting slower (at first) in fusion 4 was alarming.

I'm happy with how things are working in fusion 4, I compared it against parallels 7 and the numbers are equal. I don't play games so any advantages parallels may have in directx is lost on me.
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The same here, I don't play games in VM so that I am sticking with Fusion for stability, etc.
 
I would be interested in knowing if anyone has compared performance to the latest version of virtualbox. I've read that older editions of virtualbox were much slower than Fusion and Parallels, but I wonder if the latest versions have closed any of the performance gap.

Thanks!
 
So I created an OS X Lion virtual machine, but I can't drag and drop files from my host machine to it like I can on my Windows virtual machines? What's going on here?
 
kkleo said:
grrrr.... lucky you! that doesn't work anymore unfortunately.
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I figured that coupon code had limited life. Generally speaking if I know I'm going to upgrade, even if I'm not ready I'll bite the bullet when there's a coupon code floating around. Wasn't a huge savings (would rather have an upgrade price) but it helped in the long run. :/
 
Just an FYI... There is huge bug if you have the older Intel graphics chipset that causes flickering in the VMs. I have been working with VMWare to get it resolved and there is a ticket open with the devs to get it fixed.
 
I'm a long time PC guy who just recently got a 13/4/128 MBA 2011. I have some questions about Fusion.

Can you re-size the partitions on the fly or are you stuck with whatever sizes you set at installation?

If I do bootcamp first, can Fusion use the bootcamp partition? Can it resize it?

I only have 4gb of RAM. Is it permanently divided between Lion and Win 7 or does Fusion only take RAM away from Lion whenever Fusion is running?

If I eventually decide to go back to 100% OS X, how easy is it to delete Windows and reclaim that partition?

I use Carbon Copy Clone to backup Lion. Will it also clone the Win 7 partition or do I have to back that up using Win software?

I don't have a Win 7 ISO but I do have a 32 bit installation disk (and legit key). Is that enough to install Win 7? I know it's good since I've used it to install Win 7 on other PCs.

I think I understand that you can read and write files between Lion and Win 7. Is that right?

Sorry for so many questions but I thought I would try to get them all out of the way in one message.

Thanks for any help!
 
Bob Coxner said:
I don't have a Win 7 ISO but I do have a 32 bit installation disk (and legit key). Is that enough to install Win 7? I know it's good since I've used it to install Win 7 on other PCs.
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Yes, but you can only use windows 7 on one computer as per the license and so you'll run into activation issues.

VMware does not require the use of an ISO image file, but allows you to use one or you can use a disc as well.
 
maflynn said:
Yes, but you can only use windows 7 on one computer as per the license and so you'll run into activation issues.

VMware does not require the use of an ISO image file, but allows you to use one or you can use a disc as well.
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I got a boatload of keys (well, 8 actually) from a MSDN subscription. It was 2 years ago so I don't remember all the details. I think I originally downloaded an ISO from Technet and then burned an installation disk. I've used the same disk to install Win 7 Pro on 3 machines so far without any problem. Unfortunately, I don't have the ISO anymore and my subscription has lapsed and I can't download it again. However, the license keys are still valid.
 
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