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 ~~has helped you switch to the Mac~~ is now your virtualization tool of choice, and you could win an Air. Submit your video by May 15 (every entry gets a Fusion t-shirt, so there are no losers) for your chance to walk, or trip, away with the laptop.

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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mrsteveman1

free t-shirt? i feel like a winner already!

April 17 2008 at 4:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Murphy Mac

Maybe.

April 17 2008 at 2:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Axlcinema

there isn't any non-us state* and I'm from Ireland ?

April 17 2008 at 1:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

umijin

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.

April 17 2008 at 1:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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benjamin

You nailed it.

April 17 2008 at 1:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

cambridgeJason

Iâ€™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 Windowâ€™s hard drive space.

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Peter Kazanjy

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

April 17 2008 at 6:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

JoshK

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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