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Software Office ::
VMware Fusion 2
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Our Price: $61.99
List Price: $79.99
Your Save: $ 18.00 ( 23% )
Sales Rank: #28 (lower is better)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Smith Micro Software Inc.
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Brand: Smith Micro Software Inc.
EAN: 0717103883675
Format: CD-ROM
Manufacturer: Smith Micro Software Inc.
Model: VMFM20BX2
Release Date: 2008-10-05
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.25
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VMware Fusion 2 Features
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- Run Windows side-by-side with Mac OS X without rebooting
- Run Windows applications across multiple screens; instantly launch Windows applications from any Mac file, the Dock and more
- Use Exposé to switch between Windows and Mac applications; minimize Windows applications to the Dock
- Run 3D games, design software and other graphics-intensive apps with support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D hardware-accelerated graphics
- Use Windows-only USB devices on your Mac, including GPS receivers, cell phones, PDAs, and iSight cameras
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VMware Fusion 2 Description
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Who says you can't have it all? Get the best of both worlds and seamlessly run your favorite Windows applications on the Mac with VMware Fusion. Instantly launch Windows applications from any Mac file, the Dock, and more. Run Windows side-by-side with Mac OS X without rebooting, and quickly switch between Windows and Mac applications with Exposé. Use Windows-only USB devices on your Mac including GPS receivers, cell phones, PDAs, and web cameras. Run 3D games, design software and graphics-intensive apps with support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D. You can even bring your entire PC along, virtually, using VMware Converter. Windows really is better on the Mac. Hardware accelerated DirectX 8.1 3D graphics Run Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and NetWare without rebooting Most integration with the Mac including - Drag and Drop, Copy and Paste, Shared Folders (Windows 2000 and later), Auto-resize and full screen support System Requirements - Intel Mac required Minimum 1 GB of RAM (2 GB RAM recommended) 400 MB free disk space for VMware Fusion, and at least 5 GB for each virtual machine Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later Operating System installation media (disk or disk image) for virtual machines Microsoft Windows (not included)
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VMware Fusion 2 customer reviews:
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Smooth and silky
Have used this for 11 months seamlessly. I love the way you can have PC applications on your Mac dock. One click and you open Windows and the application (example Word). The only problems I have had are with Windows -- the usual slowdowns and crashes. Nothing different from when I had a PC.
Fusion is priced well, too. My only beef is the commitment to partitioning your hard drive. As far as I can tell, you cannot undo this without reformatting your hard drive.
Seamless Integration
This is a truly remarkable product; I have used almost every virtualization product in existence (Virtualbox, VMWare Server/Workstation, Xen, QEMU, KVM...) and none have come close to being as fulfilling and highly integrated as this one, not even the original VMWare products on Windows works this well.
Here is a typical user story:
1) Use bootcamp in OS X to prepare space for a second OS.
2) Install the second OS (I use Windows Vista on a MacBook AIR).
3) Start VMWare in OS X and it will discover your new OS, install guest drivers and provide seamless integration (copy/paste, hibernation, run Windows programs from Mac, share files...).
The speed is good, I have no issue with running multiple programs in OS X and Vista all at once on my Air (fx. Oracle 11 inside Windows Vista). However what I find most amazing is the level of integration; when I close the lid on my MacBook it hibernates all running OSs. I can even assign windows programs to be started when I click a file in OS X.
To sum up this is one of the best software experiences I have had in many years, easily comparable to the pleasures of other famous Mac software (IPhoto, ITunes, QuickSilver..). Get it now.
Added flexibilty to my iMac
Great product! Really allows me to run Windows XP and MAC OS X side by side.
Works great
Program works great. The instructions are easy to follow. Very easy to switch between OS X and Windows. I installed Windows Xp and it runs very well on my mac. The only issue I have it that if I insert a CD/DVD into Windows it won't always appear on my mac's desktop until i disable the cd-rom drive in vmware.
It's OK on average 
I was a little upset about the product itself. I have a new MacBook with 2GB RAM and the system runs pretty slowly when Windows runs.
I was particularly disappointed by the fact that I could not play Civ 4 on the virtual machine.
I decided not to return the product because for the price I paid for it I can use it occasionally (rarely) mostly to open MS Office documents with which I have issues with OppenOffice.
If you do not have already paid for a copy of MS Windows and MS Office, I really don't think it's very useful. I am also not quite 100% clear about the security issues that the use of the virtual machine implies, it is kind of unclear how much exposure does the data and the machine get to malware while running Fusion.
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