V2.0.2 of VMWare Fusion for Mac was just released. It seems to fix some issues, particularly problems with OS X.5.6. It really is a great program if you have an Intel Mac and need to run Windows, such as for designing multi-platform web pages and custom desktop applications. I've got three virtual machines on my Mac: Vista, XP, and Linux.
The Unity feature does away with the Windows desktop, launching applications as if they were Mac programs. Better yet, I can double click on an EXE file on my Mac and it runs it in Windows. My printers are automatically set up, the network is shared with my Mac (although it doesn't have to be), I can use regular Mac keyboard shortcuts, and I don't have to restart Windows when I want to use it since VMWare saves a snapshot of its current state for quicker loading. It also came with free McAfee Security Center, but that program bogged down Windows so horribly that I trashed it.
Here's a comparison between Warcosm Shipyard Windows and Mac:
Anyone else out there running VMWare Fusion or its competitor, Parallels? |
