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VMware Launches Fusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro With Windows 10, OS X El Capitan and Cortana Support
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As a long-time Parallels customer — they were the first and I bought their software as soon as it came out — I long looked over at VMWare’s longer times between paid updates with envy. Now it seems I was premature to move over though it cost less than a Parallels update. They are very similar in use though some features are different. VirtualBox may be fine and it's worth a try. Otherwise I think VMWare still has an edge in bug-freedom and slightly slower pace of paid updates, while Parallels is slightly easier to use. Performance seems to depend on what you're doing.
Did you do a clean install after upgrading? I'm wondering if that's what's causing my activation problems.
Oh joy, that's the annual VMWare tax to pay.
Roll up, roll up, roll up, get your free operating system here. And VMWare will then take your money for a minimal updates.
Roll up, roll up, roll up, get your free operating system here. And VMWare will then take your money for a minimal updates.
Windows 10 is not free. The upgrade is free for the next 11 months. After that, normal pricing. This already apply to Windows 10 enterprise licences.
I am sitting here at work updating my windows machine with 40 updates for whatever. I am so happy that I rarely think about these things at home which is 99% microsoft free (my wife refuses to get off of MS-office).
I've looked over VMWare's website. Every version of Fusion for the last 3 years has had almost the same marketing page "Greater efficiency!" "Increased performance" blah blah, but they offer no numbers. It seems like puffing to me.
If Apple would just buy/build a decent modeling/cad/cam package and offer it along with its pro creative suite... entire industries could finally begin to untether themselves from windows.
or ship a version on every computer, and enable an entire generation to learn and adopt it with their 3d printers...
or ship a version on every computer, and enable an entire generation to learn and adopt it with their 3d printers...
Thanks guys! Will probably trial one of them for the upgrade process.
Fusion has worked flawlessly for me since the beginning and I have relied on it heavily
I understand Bootcamp is cool for many and Virtual Box can be an option
But I run a VM of Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 along with Unbuntu, sometimes all at the same time
Fusion handled the installs painlessly and the performance has been great
No, I'm not thrilled with the yearly upgrade costs, but there is more to consider than just the compatibility with Windows 10
(My Fusion 7 has run Windows 10 without issue)
The upgrades also have to ensure compatibility with OS X too
Not to mention drivers, networks, devices, printers, etc.
Yes, it is an annoyance, but it is how companies make money and how the continue to provide good products
Besides, I would spend more on a nice dinner with my wife than the cost of this upgrade
The product works and works well and I will continue to use it
I understand Bootcamp is cool for many and Virtual Box can be an option
But I run a VM of Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 along with Unbuntu, sometimes all at the same time
Fusion handled the installs painlessly and the performance has been great
No, I'm not thrilled with the yearly upgrade costs, but there is more to consider than just the compatibility with Windows 10
(My Fusion 7 has run Windows 10 without issue)
The upgrades also have to ensure compatibility with OS X too
Not to mention drivers, networks, devices, printers, etc.
Yes, it is an annoyance, but it is how companies make money and how the continue to provide good products
Besides, I would spend more on a nice dinner with my wife than the cost of this upgrade
The product works and works well and I will continue to use it
Yes. Before that (since 3.0), it used DirectX 9.0Ex, which also launched with Vista.
They say Parallels has better performance
I live in the middle east. One ISP has $53 offer for 200GB bandwidth limit/month. Thats supposed to be bleeding edge of offers.
It's (was?) usually like this:
• Parallels is slightly faster (slightly more responsive, better 3D acceleration) and "feels" overal better as a Mac - app, where the Windows guest OS is well integrated.
• VMware has more "cross-platform" support as VMware is huge in the Server and Desktop virtual machine markets and "feels" better supported running other OSses besides Windows as guest-OS (Linux, and fun stuff like OPENSTEP, Rhapsody...)
If I had to choose between the two (which I don't... I actually use both...lol) it'll be Parallels.
Most ISPs in the U.S. have data caps but they're usually quite generous and are not enforced unless you go way over or go over month after month. I got a warning from my provider (Cox) one month when I went over. I was trying to upgrade Windows - from 7 to 8 - on one of my computers but there was a bug in the upgrade process so it ended up re-downloading the OS over and over. I started the process in the evening, left it running overnight, and went to work before I could check the progress so it downloaded Windows over and over for 24 hours before I had time to see what it was doing and stop it. So that was about 200 GB in a day plus I re-downloaded a lot of games through Steam etc. so I went over the 250GB cap. Cox sent me an email saying I went over and should check to make sure I didn't have a virus (I did, it was called Windows); or, if I needed more data, I should consider switching to a business plan.
A lot of other countries have lower data caps.
I actually just bought Parallels and for some reason thought it was on DirectX 11...but, no, DX10 also.
You know, even having a remote understanding of what a botnet is would be great before you go using the word like this. Microsoft is not connecting you to a "botnet" and thinking so is just ignorant. They want to use you to distribute updates, if you don't like that don't enable it or don't use windows period. Don't spread stupidity like "botnet omg haxorss!!", it isn't even remotely correct. I hate Windows 10 but your comment was just FUD.
Not in Houston. We hit a terabyte a month and not one warning.
On a side note, I'll just wait a few days to upgrade to this new version of Fusion.
The best stability, support, and overall level of satisfaction will come with Fusion over any other consumer virtualization solution. VMware FTW!