Filed under: Software, Snow Leopard
VMware ships Fusion 3.0
Today is release day for VMware Fusion 3.0. The app has more than 50 new enhancements including:- Support for both 32-bit and 64-bit Snow Leopard kernels.
- Integrated Migration Assistant guides you through migrating from the PC to a virtual machine.
- First virtualization product to support for Windows Aero, including Flip 3D and Aero Peek.
- Support for DirectX 9.0EX with OpenGL 1.4 with new WDDM graphics driver.
- Greatly reduced memory usage when using Windows Vista and Windows 7 virtual machines and newly created Windows XP virtual machines
- Faster disk and graphics performance on Snow Leopard.
- Banish the Start Menu with Always-on Applications Menu on the Mac menu bar.
- Access to Windows taskbar tray items in Unity view in the Mac menu bar.
- Run 3D games and play 1080p video in Unity view.
Stay tuned for more info as we get that sorted out, and hopefully your upgrade experience will be better.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
charly.miranda said 11:08AM on 10-27-2009
I have installed it and Win7 on it but in Activity Monitor doesn't appear as a 64 bit application. Any help?
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Tom said 11:21AM on 10-27-2009
"VMWare Fusion" will only show as 32 bit, but the key process under the hood doing the work are all 64 bit. Look for "vmware-vmx" when a Virtual Machine is running.
John said 6:05PM on 10-27-2009
Adding onto what Tom said, you have to select "All processes" from the menu on the top of activity monitor.
Greg said 11:07AM on 10-27-2009
Are there any VMware promo codes for the Fusion 3.0 upgrade?
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fatback said 1:31PM on 10-27-2009
If you have a college email, you can get the student upgrade price of $19
charly.miranda said 11:13AM on 10-27-2009
I don't have aero neither
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John said 11:40AM on 10-27-2009
Yes, if you have any video card less than nVidia 9400, aero will not work. I was part of the beta testing so I know :D
runnermx said 11:51AM on 10-27-2009
Hi,
I have an old Mac Pro with 2 Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT and I can run windows 7 with aero...
John said 11:56AM on 10-27-2009
Using Fusion?
akcpe said 2:20PM on 10-27-2009
Yeah I have the 8600GT in my 15" MBP and Aero works fine.
runnermx said 3:11PM on 10-27-2009
John,
Yes, I'm running Fusion 3.0.0 (Build 204229). I download it today.
John said 6:07PM on 10-27-2009
My bad. I meant that the aero is dependent on your graphics card. Anything less than a nVidia card or ATI card will not be supported with aero. For example, the Intel integrated graphics won't support aero.
Robert Brown said 11:23AM on 10-27-2009
Hi
Can anyone tell me is VMware is better than Parallels? I have Parallels 4 and I know 5 is in beta.
Thanks in advance
Robert Brown
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John said 11:42AM on 10-27-2009
I was (and still am) part of the beta testing for Fusion 3.0 and Parallels 5. I hate to say it but Parallels is preforming better on my low level Macbook than Fusion. Fusion runs better than Parallels on my iMac, though. If you don't care...I'd suggest getting Fusion.
RHernandez said 11:26AM on 10-27-2009
Wasted a bunch of time on their website trying to buy the upgrade as well. The system that checks for registered items kept telling me it couldn't find my registration, then I'd register it (even though I was already registered), then I'd get a broken page saying at the top "We found an eligible serial" and at the bottom "can't find an eligible serial". WTF?
Save your time and frustration. Don't bother with trying to upgrade for a few days until they figure this out!
I don't know why they didn't offer boxed upgrades at retail? Then some people could have avoided their website mess...
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Alex said 11:38AM on 10-27-2009
Ditto
Stephen Antonucci said 11:32AM on 10-27-2009
Their website is broken period!
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cro said 11:45AM on 10-27-2009
Ditto on the broken website. I know I've registered, but it says I haven't. When I try to register, it says "Internal error".
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Joshua Ochs said 11:44AM on 10-27-2009
I'm pretty sure if you bought this on a MacUpdate Promo, you aren't eligible for upgrade pricing. It's happened several times before - maybe it's the case now?
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Harald said 12:01PM on 10-27-2009
I had the same problem. After using a link (Product Registration ?) from the menu of VMWare Fusion login was no problem.
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