Swad Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Our very own Macgirl informs us that "Fusion," the VMware virtualization solution for Macs, is now being released in beta. VMware describes Fusion thusly: The new VMware desktop product for the Mac, codenamed Fusion, allows Intel-based Macs to run x86 operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris, in virtual machines at the same time as Mac OS X. It is built on VMware's rock-solid and advanced desktop virtualization platform that is used by over four million users today. With Fusion, you can run traditional PC applications on your Mac: if you need to run PC applications, you can now do so by leveraging the power of virtual machine technology. Hmmm... sounds familiar... You can download the beta from the Fusion Beta Program website. Release notes are here. Let us know your impressions of this new product, especially in comparison to Parallels. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Althoug I received an email from VMware the links that they provide take me to a login page, I registered, and even registered the page don't let me donwload it, but in other email's links te forum refer to the fusion download page, I went there, put my information again and I could download it, well it is downloading right now, 49% , it is a new build BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Downloaded it and tried it a few hours ago. Its a 110MB download. :/ The build was extremely slow to use when installing and using an OS, probebly due to the debug code. I'm going back to parallels for now even though vmware supports AMD64 OSes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skredii Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Here is the direct download link, no need to register: http://register.vmware.com/content/beta/fusion/download.html I hope with this release we can boot to physical partitions, otherwise I'll stick to Parallels for now. But who knows, it's a new build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Freak Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 (edited) I tried it, for me on my Hackintosh, it doesn't work very well. Look like there is a bug... Booting from CD just doesn't seem to work for me, the screen goes black then white then black then white... Edited December 22, 2006 by Apple Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Do you have QE or CI ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 (edited) ....but in other email's links te forum refer to the fusion download page... Could somebody please translate this into English? I'm just trying to find out where I can download this. I've tried my Beta registration e-mail address, but it doesn't work. Go figure. I guess I need an e-mail that was used to purchase an actual VMware product. Edited December 22, 2006 by Takuro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borat23 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I was actually talking with a buddy of mine about how long it is taking for VMWare to come out with the beta of Fusion and then i get an E-mail about it! Installed it on my Imac and am very happy. I have to admit that I'm so used to running vmware workstation on the pc and linux side that I'm used to how awesome it truly is, otherwise i'd be going nuts over it. I've attached some screens i took of the Ubuntu vm i have running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Downloaded it and tried it a few hours ago.Its a 110MB download. :/ The build was extremely slow to use when installing and using an OS, probebly due to the debug code. I'm going back to parallels for now even though vmware supports AMD64 OSes. For me works very fast, I'm writing this within Fusion and FireFox, is even faster than the Mac Firefox. Of course I never tested Parallels so I am biased but I just made a test, pages loads faster in Fusion EDIT: Well I tested the Drag and Drop feature it work only in one way, tested the two CPU feature, works well too, USB2.0 appears to work, a bit slower though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I'm assuming everybody uses the same beta serial: 0811Q-03495-0RJ01-4ANA4 It's refusing to accept it. Anybody else have this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Before I installed I ran the uninstall tool, because I had an older build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br0adband Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Of course I never tested Parallels so I am biased May I ask why not? Now I'm really curious... bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 I'm assuming everybody uses the same beta serial: 0811Q-03495-0RJ01-4ANA4 It's refusing to accept it. Anybody else have this problem? I have the serial and the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skredii Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 I have the serial and the same problem. Something is fuxxored with the installer. Uninstall then reinstall. It worked for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Something is fuxxored with the installer. Uninstall then reinstall.It worked for me. Hmm... didn't work. It takes a strangely long amount of time for it to process the license key I use, just to eventually fail. Maybe a problem on VMware's part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calmesal Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Any one with a working serial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 May I ask why not? Now I'm really curious... bb Because I prefer to use VMware that works on my already Installed Disk Images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I have the serial and the same problem. thats the serial it gives everyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalibur22 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Sorry to bring up an old post, but did anybody ever find a solution to the problem of the serial number not working on a hackintosh? I just had to boot into Windows and it made me feel ill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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