VMWARE FUSION 12 REVIEW FULL VERSION
VMWARE FUSION 12 REVIEW FULL
VMWARE FUSION 12 REVIEW PRO

VMWARE FUSION 12 REVIEW FULL

Parallels 8 out-gunned VMware across the board (as previous benchmarks have shown) performance-wise and adds full support for Retina displays and dictation among other features. So, we have to wonder: what is holding back the more expensive configuration? We reached out to Apple for comment.Īrs put Parallels 8 against VMware Fusion this week and found there is not much of a contest between the two virtualization powerhouses. The cheaper configuration, 128GB Flash Storage + 1TB HDD, supports Boot Camp. Announced in October and shipping in the new Mac Mini and iMacs, the top Fusion Drive configuration provides 128GB of flash storage coupled with 3TB of HDD space. Right now it is not clear what the cause is, or if it has anything to do with Apple’s new Fusion Drive technology, but it seems that Boot Camp is limited to hard drive with less than 2TB of space (PC World has a good explanation for this). Boot Camp users include gamers who want to run games at full settings and business users looking to use specific business apps in a full Windows environment. There are virtualization solutions, such as Parelles and VM Ware, that provide a Windows experience, but they do not offer a full experience that many may want. “At this time,” could mean the feature is enabled down the road in a software update, but it is non-existent as of now. “Boot Camp Assistant is not supported at this time on 3TB hard drive configurations,” Apple said in buried text. Many might consider this a bummer, as a sizable amount of users turn to Boot Camp to access necessary Windows programs or just simply enjoy Windows paired with Mac hardware.Īpple highlighted the issue on both its iMac configuration and Fusion Drive explanation page. This essentially cuts off access to a full Windows experience that some Mac users may want to benefit from. As reader Michael Verde first shared with us, the built-to-order 27-inch iMac configuration with a 3TB Fusion Drive (an extra $400) will not allow any Boot Camp use. Generally Parallels is geared toward single users and has better performance whereas VMware is geared toward larger enterprise and folks who also work on PCs.Īs customers begin receiving the new iMac this month, business-end users and gamers may find one issue when booting up their new machine. We’ll have a full review of both apps shortly.

VMWARE FUSION 12 REVIEW FULL VERSION

The full version will be available tomorrow. The announcement comes just days after Parallels announced the release of Parallels Desktop 9, which is currently available as an upgrade. VMware Fusion 6 is available exclusively on the VMware Online Store for $59.99 or $49.99 for VMware Fusion 4 or 5 upgraders.

VMWARE FUSION 12 REVIEW PRO

Up to 16 virtual CPUs, 64GB of RAM, and 8TB of disk space – ready for the new Mac Pro coming soon.

Built-in optimizations for the Haswell processors.

Run Mavericks as a guest operating system – can be installed using the recovery partition in just a couple of clicks.

Supports Mavericks multi-display features and even AirPlay displays.

The new version of the virtualization software boasts over 50 new features and is prepared for the new operating systems coming from both Apple (Mavericks) and Microsoft (Windows 8.1). VMware has just released the immediate availability of VMware Fusion 6 and VMware Fusion 6 Professional.

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