VMware Fusion 4 has been refined from the inside-out to give users the easiest, fastest and most reliable experience in running Windows applications on a Mac without rebooting. With over 100 new features including OS X Lion optimization, an even more Mac-like UI and next-generation 64-bit performance, VMware Fusion 4 is the best way to run Windows on a Mac without rebooting.
Switching From a PC to a Mac Made Easy VMware Fusion's migration assistant for Windows makes it a breeze to switch from a PC to a Mac.
Run Your Favorite Windows
What's New
Version 4.1.2:
Resolved an issue that caused the following message when you resumed a suspended virtual machine: The Virtual Machine is unable to reserve memory.
The McAfee Virus Scan software is updated.
Resolved an intermittent problem that caused printing to fail on Mac OS X Lion.
Resolved an issue that occurred when copying and pasting information from newer Linux distributions.
Improved compatibility with certain versions of Mac OS X.
Improved the behavior of the minibar when placed at the top of the display.
Fixed mapping of comma on numeric keyboard mapping of a French keyboard.
Resolved an intermittent problem when removing a CD device from a virtual machine.
Version 4.1.2:
Resolved an issue that caused the following message when you resumed a suspended virtual machine: The Virtual Machine is unable to reserve memory.
The McAfee Virus Scan software is updated.
Resolved an intermittent problem that caused printing to fail on Mac OS X Lion.
Resolved an issue that occurred when copying and pasting information from newer Linux more...
Requirements
Intel
64-bit processor
2GB RAM
Mac OS X 10.6.7 or later (10.7 recommended)
A copy of Windows (if you'll be installing Windows)
A word of caution. Do not block pop-up windows when trying to manually download the update. Took two days with tech support to reveal this little factoid. Can't believe the web designer did that.
A third option in addition to the two replies mentioned here is to:
Use the automatic updates feature from within VMware Fusion itself. I usually do this and it works flawlessly. Also usually the automatic software update method is a smaller download, then going to the site as well.
I suppose they could make it harder to download an update to a product you've already paid for but I don't know how. Once you find a download link most of their links don't work. Their website redesign is a disaster in my opinion.
For some reason, no matter how often they update the McAfee Virus App, it either tells me that "it is no longer supported" or that I need to buy a license for it. (that appeared starting from VMWare Fusion 4.1.2) I thought McAfee Virus Scan was included for free?
Got the same message although my subscription provided by McAfee is valid till December 2012. So, what I did: I logged into my McAfee account and from there I could download the current version of McAfee AntiVirus Plus.
This works great on all my windows software.
I would recommend this to anyone that needs to use programs that only run on PC. I will take Bootcamp off my other computer now.
Looks like VMware developers live an another planet.
Is Fusion 4 ultimately stable? Obviously no.
Troubles with mouse behavior, 100% utilization by vmtools.
And.. no updates for months.
Parallels updates are at least timely.
I was happy enough to see that I am now able to install SL through VMware. I downloaded the demo and the installation went smoothly. Main reason I wanted to be able to use SL on a VM was so that the very old, yet still amusing game Theme Park World could still be played. However...I'm not able to since it always gives me the "OpenGL no 3d acceleration" error.
I have a copy of SL on an external drive as well and could boot from that, but the VM seemed so much easier since it allowed me to keep Lion running as well at the same time and didn't have to restart my computer whenever I wanted to play TPW.
Any help on this? Anyone knows if there is something I can do to get the game running under VMware? Checking the "accelerate 3d graphics" in VMware settings only seems to be working for Windows and or Linux. :(
downloaded fusion 4 last night, 3 times, and when i mount the dmg, the upgrader app simply doesn't launch when double clicked and the vmware fusion app itself has the forbidden circled slash badge on its icon.
forget it, slashed icon means not compatible version, i just saw the requirements are Mac OS X 10.6.7 or later (10.7 recommended).
we, pre-appstore users, are left out.
After updating to 3.1 (from 3.0.x), when I try to launch Fusion it says it couldn't be launched on my computer! Anyone else having this problem? I've got a 1st gen MacBook 13.3" and am running 10.6.3. Previous versions of Fusion worked fine. Sad panda, here. :(
After applying the 3.1 upgrade, the network interface of virtual machine stopped working. I was previously set the NIC to bridge mode / manually linked to the built-in. After I switched my setting to bridge mode / auto-detecting, this problem is fixed.
This might be a minor bug. Fortunately it's easy to workaround.
Fusion is telling me I have 3.0.1 build 215242 installed, and that version 3.0.1. build 215242 is available. Even if I download and install the update, the software update box still pops up.
For heaven's sake has anyone succeeded in upgrading to the new version from version two? I'm a registered user of this program and have been trying in vain since yesterday to buy my upgrade but their site just doesn't recognize my serial number even if I have already registered it with them. Thanks. Fariborz AMIRSHAHI - Verona (Italy)
I've been unable to get an XP VM migrated from Parallels 4 to work.
The migration itself completes with no errors. When booting the XP VM, Fusion 3.0 gets to the point where XP switches from 640x480 to full-res login graphics. At that stage the VM screen goes black, although the VM appears to be running. Fusion logfile appears to show nothing of relevance.
Uninstalling the Parallels Tools, and/or Parallels itself, makes no difference.
One side irritation - Fusion insists on splitting the new VM into 2GB chunks! You can choose to rebuild later, but that takes another 40 minutes.
Wondering if anyone has successfully migrated from Parallels 4.
Right now you can't use vmware pointed at a win7 bootcamp partition. There's some conflict between the bootcamp drivers and vwmare that causes Win7 to bluescreen at startup. If you install win7 into a VM disk image (use the vista setting), it works just fine.
It won't install on my machine.
Keep saying that I need to restart before it can begin installing but after 3 restarts it still gives me the same message.
Verion 1.1 works fine for me though.
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VMware Fusion 4 has been refined from the inside-out to give users the easiest, fastest and most reliable experience in running Windows applications on a Mac without rebooting. With over 100 new features including OS X Lion optimization, an even more Mac-like UI and next-generation 64-bit performance, VMware Fusion 4 is the best way to run Windows on a Mac without rebooting.
Switching From a PC to a Mac Made Easy VMware Fusion's migration assistant for Windows makes it a breeze to switch from a PC to a Mac.
Run Your Favorite Windows Programs Run Windows programs alongside Mac applications without rebooting.
Use specific Windows-only devices on your Mac Use Windows-only USB or Bluetooth devices on your Mac.
The Perfect Complement to Boot Camp No more choosing between Windows or Mac at startup! Run windows programs side-by-side with Mac applications.
Running Windows Programs on a Mac is easy Run Windows programs the same way you use Mac applications with seamless copy-and-paste, drag-and-drop, networking and printing that "just work". Launch and interact with Windows programs as if they were Mac applications.
Made by the Virtualization Leader VMware Fusion 4 brings the stability and reliability that can only be delivered by the leader in virtualization.
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If someone knows a direct link please post it!
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Use the automatic updates feature from within VMware Fusion itself. I usually do this and it works flawlessly. Also usually the automatic software update method is a smaller download, then going to the site as well.
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trungpt reviewed on 16 Apr 2012
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https://my.vmware.com/de/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=FUS-412-DE&productId=240&rPId=2457
I git it dl yesterday.
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https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_fusion/3_0
...and VMware Fusion Technology Preview 2012:
http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/beta/fusiontp2012
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After you open the app, go to VMware Fusion in the menu bar and come down to Check for Updates.
Del_c62ab25b reviewed on 13 Apr 2012
I would recommend this to anyone that needs to use programs that only run on PC. I will take Bootcamp off my other computer now.
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tschenk reviewed on 06 Apr 2012
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Vela reviewed on 08 Mar 2012
Is Fusion 4 ultimately stable? Obviously no.
Troubles with mouse behavior, 100% utilization by vmtools.
And.. no updates for months.
Parallels updates are at least timely.
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http://www.vmware.com/support/contacts/
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I have a copy of SL on an external drive as well and could boot from that, but the VM seemed so much easier since it allowed me to keep Lion running as well at the same time and didn't have to restart my computer whenever I wanted to play TPW.
Any help on this? Anyone knows if there is something I can do to get the game running under VMware? Checking the "accelerate 3d graphics" in VMware settings only seems to be working for Windows and or Linux. :(
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anyone with the same problem?
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we, pre-appstore users, are left out.
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This might be a minor bug. Fortunately it's easy to workaround.
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The migration itself completes with no errors. When booting the XP VM, Fusion 3.0 gets to the point where XP switches from 640x480 to full-res login graphics. At that stage the VM screen goes black, although the VM appears to be running. Fusion logfile appears to show nothing of relevance.
Uninstalling the Parallels Tools, and/or Parallels itself, makes no difference.
One side irritation - Fusion insists on splitting the new VM into 2GB chunks! You can choose to rebuild later, but that takes another 40 minutes.
Wondering if anyone has successfully migrated from Parallels 4.
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Dear god, get a grip - start complaining if you haven't heard back after a week.
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Keep saying that I need to restart before it can begin installing but after 3 restarts it still gives me the same message.
Verion 1.1 works fine for me though.
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