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VMware Fusion video contest offers a MacBook Air
There are so many ways to get your hands on a MacBook Air (and apparently several ways to lose your grip on one, as well). You could visit the Apple Store, or Best Buy, or shop online. You could take up a collection with friends and family, or prevail upon your spouse to get one for you.Here's another idea: make a video about how VMware Fusion
Despite a couple of high-profile callouts on the Fusion 'switched' minisite, I'm afraid that Mat and Chris aren't entering the contest. Too bad, guys!
Update:The VMware team has clarified that the video contest is about users who have switched to VMware Fusion from another way of running Windows on the Mac (Boot Camp, Parallels, Virtual PC, the power of the mind). Adjust your artistic vision appropriately.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Josh said 1:05PM on 4-17-2008
Oh! I'm so entering this. A free MacBook Air is worth it plus VMWare is the only reason I'm allowed to have a Mac for my job. Thank you VM! You'll be getting my video shortly.
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JasonL said 1:09PM on 4-17-2008
I’m a recent switcher and credit virtualization as a big reason for the switch. The only problems that I find with VM Ware are (and please correct me if there are easy solutions to these):
1) The ability to open a specific Windows app (in Unity mode by default) via a Mac alias without ANY extra steps.
2) A simple way to expand the size the Window’s hard drive space.
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Peter Kazanjy said 6:01PM on 4-17-2008
My favorite way to do that is to open my VM, open the application in question, go into Unity view, right click the icon in the dock, "Keep in Doc" and then close the application, and suspend the VM.
Now, when you click that icon (which stays in the dock), the VM will unsuspend, and that application will fire off.
In terms of expanding a hard drive, the easiest thing is to add another virtual hard disk. Shut the VM down, then in the Virtual Machine library, select it, and click "settings." Click the "+" button, and add a hard drive of size you determine.
On startup, your VM will see a new hard drive. Re-format it, and you're on your way!
Pete
~VMware Fusion Product Marketing
umijin said 1:26PM on 4-17-2008
Hmmmm.... The description on the site doesn't exactly say switching to the Mac, but switching to VMWARE on the Mac.
So, it doesn't have to be Windoze you are switching from, as far a I can see.
You could be moving from Parallels or BootCamp, I suppose.
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benjamin said 1:34PM on 4-17-2008
You nailed it.
Axlcinema said 1:39PM on 4-17-2008
there isn't any non-us state* and I'm from Ireland ?
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Murphy Mac said 2:09PM on 4-17-2008
Maybe.
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mrsteveman1 said 4:52PM on 4-17-2008
free t-shirt? i feel like a winner already!
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