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VMware Fusion - 2.0.5

Run windows & other x86 systems side-by-side with os x.

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	2.0.5
Release Date:	2009-06-23
License:	Update
Downloads (this version):	3,815
Downloads (all versions):	103,016
Price:	$79.99

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Product Description:

VMware Fusion is the most seamless way to run Windows applications on your Mac. VMware Fusion combines a clean and intuitive Cocoa-native interface that Mac users expect with a virtual platform trusted by millions of users today. VMware Fusion allows you to launch your Windows applications from the Dock and switch between Windows and Mac applications using Expose. With the industry's most advanced virtualization technology VMware Fusion lets you leverage all the hardware available on your Mac to simultaneously run 32- and 64-bit operating systems, use two processor cores at the same time, run select 3D games and utilize USB 2.0 devices.

What's new in this version:

VMware Fusion 2.0.5 is a maintenance release of VMware Fusion 2. It is a free upgrade for all VMware Fusion 1 and VMware Fusion 2 customers, and provides the following enhancements:

Supports Mac OS X Server guest operating systems on Macs with Intel Xeon 5500 and 3500 Series processors (based on Nehalem micro-architecture)
Provides experimental support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server as a guest operating system (32-bit only)
Provides experimental support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard as a host operating system (32-bit only)
Supports Ubuntu 9.04 as a guest operating system, including features such as VMware Tools pre-built modules and Easy Install
Reduces CPU usage when a virtual machine is idle under VMware Fusion
Contains fixes for more than 80 bugs

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel

Additional Requirements:

Intel-based Mac

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VMware 2.0.5 - Version: 2.0.5, 6/25/2009 06:41AM PST

shavital2

Windows XP Pro SP3 performance greatly improved, both in speed and reliability.

Tools for Ubuntu 9.04 available and easily installed.

Some OS not supported. - Version: 2.0.5, 6/24/2009 09:04AM PST

MacJuanC

On the Windows camp, Windows 7 is still not supported in 2.0.5, so you have to use the Windows Vista profile when creating the VM and hope for the best if you are trying out the Windows 7 RC that Microsoft is offering for testing till 6/2010. (side note: VirtualBox does support Win7 as of now).

No support at all is offered for OpenBSD or NetBSD. Only FreeBSD appears in the Others section.

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Some OS not supported.

wrecked my ACAD system.... - Version: 2.0.4, 5/27/2009 08:50PM PST

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jimmy34532

i get 3d graphics card failures every couple minutes...... anyone know how i can uninstall this and reinstall the last version? this new update is worthless tome.