VMware Fusion 4 [Old Version]

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For years I have had to work with folks who demanded that their employees use Windoz. Thanks to VMware, I was able to run Windows XP on my Mac, as well as Ubuntu. I successfully used security devices and my Mac to gain access to an all-Windoz network, including getting into storage servers as just another Microsoft-based employee. This is an excellent way to avoiding the purchase of specialized hardware when you need to run another operating system. I especially liked the ability to click and drag files from one desktop to another, such as from my Mac desktop to my Windows XP desktop, which allowed me to create documents in the Mac environment, using Mac tools, then save as a .doc file and drag it over to XP to share with other XP users. Great software.

Ça fonctionne très bien et facile à utiliser. Je recommande ce produit au prix où je lai payé 49.99$. Cependant, je nai pas essayer les autres programmes de virtualisation tel que 7 parrallel et virtual box.

I switched to MacBook Pro from PC laptops (Windows) about 2 years ago and at this time Ive got nothing running on Windows that I need anymore. What does this have to do with this product? Not much except Ive now uninstalled it - so I think its a fair comment to say that these bootcamp type solutions are being needed less and less these days. At least, thats my experience. But if you need one, this works fine - no issues.

VMware Fusion 4 setup was a breeze. I had previously installed it alongside Parallels 7, but since my Parallels VMs were already installed with the requisite Microsoft bloatware, I hardly got any use out of it and continued using Parallels.

In rating these two products, my opinions are based on Experience with Installation, configuration, migration, and conversion on a new iMAC running Lion OS (16 gig RAM) and BOTH Software packages.

I was forced to purchase this product from APPLE in order to keep current with their technology.

Still thinking about switching from your PC to a Mac? Think no more - buy Fusion and you wont have to make that decision. Fusion really does work. Ive been using DOS and then Windows since 1984 (I was only 3) and just couldnt bring myself to give up all the programs and documents I knew so well. Using Fusion, I didnt have to. Here is the great part: the Windows installation is moderately complicated and takes a loooong time to get it all in order, at least for me, but I installed Fusion - about 3 minutes - and then it asked me if I wanted to use Windows and OSX together or separately (I said together because I knew I could use it either way once installed). That was the only question - after that, it went to work and 32 minutes later it booted up and was ready to go.

I found the download from disc much more difficult to handle than the free trial that I used first. It still does not work correctly, I had to load Windows twice to get it to work without freezing up it works but not as well as I had hoped.

For much of my life, I was a self-described Windows guy. However, in the past few years Ive gotten more into blogging, recording, and video editing. All of these things seemed like theyd be so much better on the Mac. The big challenge for me is that I have some favorite programs that are windows-only.