That is like saying paying for an office product seems unnecessary when OpenOffice.org does it just as well for free. But the truth is it doesn't. I'm not saying every needs to use Parallels or VMWare, but they do offer features and performance that VirtualBox doesn't.
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VMware Fusion 6 Brings Updated Virtualization Support for OS X Mavericks and Windows 8.1
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That is like saying paying for an office product seems unnecessary when OpenOffice.org does it just as well for free. But the truth is it doesn't. I'm not saying every needs to use Parallels or VMWare, but they do offer features and performance that VirtualBox doesn't.
While it doesn't appear to be the case, I sincerely hope Fusion 6 will let user turn off discrete graphics mode. I run mostly command line guest OSes (e.g., Linux) and I don't want Fusion to suck off battery life by insisting on using discrete graphics.
I use VMware Fusion v3.1.4 on Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.8) without any problems (really fast) on my Quad-Core Sandy Bridge MBP.
It is possible.
I've Mac OS X
10.4.11,
10.5.8,
10.6.8,
10.7.5,
10.8.4
and
10.9 DPx
in VMware Fusion VMs.
I need this for video filters (FFT3DGPU, for example) in some Windows programs.
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It is certainly no technical problem, because Fusion runs fine on IGP-Macs, like the MBA.
Just upgraded, no major issues. Had to delete and re-create my Boot Camp VM (pain in the butt when you have additional drives to add via rawdiskcreator) but I got it working again as it was in v5. Seems pretty snappy so far.
It does not support dynamic switching.
You can use gfxCardStatus to fix the integrated, and Fusion will warn at launch, but if you are careful not to change the setting and as long as gfxCardStatus keeps running, it works.
Yes, it is a bit risky.
I hate this. Every time OSX has upgraded, e.g. Lion to ML, Fusion didn't play nicely with the newer OSX, so I had to upgrade Fusion. Then my VM data file didn't play nicely with the newer Fusion. So I had to re-install Windows each time. A total pain in the rear for marginal feature benefits in Mountain Lion and Fusion. This time, I'm just sitting tight on Mountain Lion for a while. I can't be worth the effort.
It's not like they're forcing you to upgrade. If you're happy with Fusion 5, then you don't need to update to Fusion 6.
How did you do it? Anytime I try I get an error message saying I can't use that operating system.
Nope.
A $50 upgrade to improve multi-monitor support and add guest support for 2 major operating systems -- one of which is $20, and the other (apparently) free?
Come on, VMWare. None of the other features touted on that page weren't in previous ones. I could see a small upgrade fee, but 17% discount is practically an insult for "improved performance." Improved HOW?
I would have upgraded without thinking for $20. As it stands, I'll be using 10.8 for the next six months or so on my work Mac. Plenty of time to see if I can just switch to Virtual Box.
A $50 upgrade to improve multi-monitor support and add guest support for 2 major operating systems -- one of which is $20, and the other (apparently) free?
Come on, VMWare. None of the other features touted on that page weren't in previous ones. I could see a small upgrade fee, but 17% discount is practically an insult for "improved performance." Improved HOW?
I would have upgraded without thinking for $20. As it stands, I'll be using 10.8 for the next six months or so on my work Mac. Plenty of time to see if I can just switch to Virtual Box.
To install 10.5 and 10.6, you need to install the OS X Server version (not the normal version).
disagree. apple's annual OS X updates are completely cheap. one year of Windows gets you several years of OS X.
VMWare's price is third-party, no different than Adobe's. and they both serve multiple platforms, so you cant escape that on windows.
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not a fact (that apple is more expensive). the OS costs less. and TCO reports peg macs below competing Windows machines.
It does...until you actually use the various apps. Virtualbox is the slowest and less stable of the bunch in both OS X and Windows. Some features it lacks (especially 3D graphics support) and some features don't work that well (usb and networking for example). All in all it is a nice application to use if you have simple needs when it comes to virtualisation. When you need more than that (3D for example, certain networking setups) you definitely want to buy something from VMware or Parallels.
Bootcamp doesn't support anything other than Windows. Getting non-Windows stuff to work can be a PITA or even impossible (especially if you want it to run next to OS X; if it is the only OS on the machine than there is not much of a problem). Also, you can't run more than 1 version of OS X. If you want to run more due to testing you can only do so by virtualising OS X.
That's only the different download option. The license is valid for both the light (Fusion and only the Windows VMware Tools version; the others will be downloaded when you want to install them) as well as the full blown version (comes with Fusion, all the VMware Tools and McAfee). The only difference in licensing is Pro vs non-Pro.
Neither do I as long as it has useful features. When compared to Parallels 9 it simply lacks quite a lot of nifty features which makes Parallels 9 much more attractive. When compared to Fusion 5 we see almost no difference. Windows 8.1 and OS X Mavericks already run fine in 5 and 5 runs fine on Mavericks. Performance and stability is not different either. I really haven't seen anything different when I was running the Technology Preview besides the new "add vm" window. And that new window isn't an improvement for me because it makes my workflow longer (I have to click more).
However, Fusion 5 is a nice upgrade if you are running 4. Fusion 6 is too and since that is the version you can only buy right now...
I want them to do that too but it is very clear that they have put the cutting-edge capabilities in their vSphere products and not in Workstation and Fusion (it's not worth upgrading from Workstation 9 to 10 due to the same "no difference"). They could have done much more. Improve graphics performance drastically. Do something like Parallels and add start8. Add the ability to use firewire and thunderbolt devices (this is THE most innovating thing in any virtualisation product for quite some time now; it makes people very curious how they've accomplished this). Put in some gestures. Expand the functionality of the vm library so that it can do the exact same things as you can with Finder when it comes to managing the vm's (this is actually one of the more smaller fixes).
If they were really trying to do some cutting edge...ditch Fusion and port both Workstation and Player to OS X. Lots of people are requesting the feature set of Workstation while others want something cheap and simple as Player. Workstation has some nice features like being able to connect to ESXi and manage it (due to lack of management tools for OS X and Linux this would be awesome).
I'm missing that kind of cutting-edge innovation in Fusion. And I'm missing it in Workstation 10 too although I can understand that a bit more (how much more innovation can you put in a desktop virtualisation product?).
Thats what I have :/ It won't work with regular or server. I have VMWare 5.0.3.
I get this message: "Mac OSX can't be installed on this computer."
I even tried using the disks, and installing from a DMG file.
Attachments
I've tried with a few different settings, including 4 gigs of ram (I can go higher) and four cores. I still get the same message :/
Backward step
Downloaded and installed P-9. Now when I double click on a file to open in Windows (I need to run Project Manager and Visio) Parallels starts up the VM, then does nothing. An icon appears (briefly) for the application then disappears. That's it.
It seems my only recourse is to remove Parallels 9 and revert to v8.
Downloaded and installed P-9. Now when I double click on a file to open in Windows (I need to run Project Manager and Visio) Parallels starts up the VM, then does nothing. An icon appears (briefly) for the application then disappears. That's it.
It seems my only recourse is to remove Parallels 9 and revert to v8.
I'm having this exact same problem on a Macbook Air 4,1. It keeps asking me if I want to reopen the window from the last session since it crashed, and it crashes again. I completely uninstalled Fusion 4 according to the VMWare website (all the different preferences, caches, etc.) and installed 6 from scratch and still got the same initial question about opening since the last crash, then it crashes again.
I installed it on my Mac Pro 5,1 with no problems at all.
Both machines are completely up to date with everything in Mountain Lion. (10.8.4)
I installed VMWare Fusion 6 yesterday on my rMBP and when I tried to run it first, it crashed. Since then I had no crashes.
OK, good to know. I thought VMware Fusion 4, 5, or 6 does not start, if you have gfxCardStatus on your machine.
