Why I buy this one ?
- Run multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Solaris, on your Macintosh at the same time as Mac OS X--without rebooting; copy or paste between operating systems, or drag and drop files from desktop to desktop
- Run Windows applications just like Mac applications--easily launch your Windows applications and switch between all your Windows and Mac applications; use your familiar Mac keyboard shortcuts the whole time
- Capture and save the exact state of your virtual machine with VMware Fusion's innovative Snapshot feature; if your Windows virtual machine becomes unresponsive, use the Snapshot feature to rollback to a known stable state with the click of a button
- Take full advantage of 64-bit and multi-core processors of your Mac for maximum flexibility--run 64-bit operating systems such as Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition or leverage Virtual SMP to create and run multi-processor virtual machines
- Cutting-edge 3D technology even lets you to play select DirectX 8.1 games on your Mac; get full read/write support for CDs and DVDs and complete USB 2.0 support--even for proprietary video cameras, Bluetooth devices and other Windows-only peripherals

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What our customer's say!

"Forget Parallels...this is what you want", AWESOME solution for running Win/Mac side by side. The "Unity" feature lets you run your windows programs as if they were running natively on the Mac...you can't tell the difference. You can customize how much of the processor you want to allocate to each machine. The only MINOR annoyances were with setting up windows to use some external equipment. Don't waste your money on Parallels....don't believe me? Buy both, then next week give Parallels to someone you don't like.

"WOW.... Excellent Product", I purchased my first Mac in January and love it. I started running into issues of needing a PC environment for various applications. Just got this product in the mail. Installed Windows Vista SP1, Win XP Pro SP3 and Ubuntu 8.04. I now have 4 Operating Systems installed on 1 Mac. I will mainly be running Mac OSX and Windows XP Pro, and with the 4GB of Ram on my machine, it runs like a charm. No hiccups, no slow downs, just runs smoothly and flawlessly. VMWare does the job of installing all the relevant drivers into the virtual OS's. Couldn't be happier.

"Great VM product for the MAC", I ran the beta test version when it was out and had alll kinds of problems. I held off purcahsing the full version until they worked out the kinks. I finally purchased this product in April and have it running well now on my PowerBook Core Duo.

Installation of the software is very easy. Took a little while to get my XP up and running correctly the way I wanted it. You can always install a brand new copy of XP but I decdided to clone my current XP pro machine. Had to download the converter from the vmware web site and run the converter to clone the XP machine. I had to place the virtual machine file locally on the XP machine rather than out on a networked server I have. Even though I'm running 100mb to a connected switch the clone of the xp machine took forever so I gave up. Finally decdided to just have the converter save the file to the cloned machine.

Once I moved the image to my Mac I had to log on as local admin in order to try and add it to my domain. I was unable to add it to my domain for a while until I figured out that I needed to switch the VM into bridge mode rather than NAT mode. Once switched to bridged mode I was able to see my domain controller and add the vm image to the domain.

Over all I'm really pleased with the product and would recommend to anyone who needs to run some windows apps but wants to do it from their mac machine.

"Does what is says", Since this is my first entry into the Mac world, I wanted the transition to be as smooth as possible. This meant being able to continue using my Windows apps that are either not available in OSX or that I did not want to re-purchase. VMWare Fusion allows that flexibility.

I looked at the other VM (Parallels), but it did not seem as robust and full-featured as Fusion. Also, I have used VMWare Workstation on the PC and have been impressed with its stability. Why/how Fusion can sell for a fraction of the price of Workstation is a bit confusing...

One of the best features is *Unity*, which allows the Windows apps to run outside of the VM window and integrate perfectly with the OSX desktop. You can pull icons onto the OSX desktop or dock to launch the Windows apps directly, though there is considerable delay while Windows *boots* before the app opens and can be used. The delay is nil if the Windows VM is already fired up.

I would rate this 4.5 stars (Amazon only allows full stars), taking off a half point for the processor overhead. It is not bad, but does require more CPU utilization than running the apps native in OSX (probably all Windows fault). This should not be an issue for desktop users, but notebook users will probably be frugal with Fusion to extend the run time on battery.

I like that VMWare passes through the hardware, such as USB ports, DVD R/W, and sound. It will also pass system info, such as the battery level. Networking was a snap. I did not run into any problems trying to get stuff to work, which is amazing. Recommend doing the Windows Easy Install.

VMWare is about to release version 2.0, which is now available for download as a beta using the same license included with this version. Question is: will VMWare give a free upgrade once 2.0 is out of beta?


"Another Happy Former Parallels User", I tolerated Parallels for over a year because I'm attached to running outlook on my Mac. Processor use was at least 20% and frequently up to 90% causing slowdown and frequent crashes.
Fusion is night and day. The CPU use is usually less than 1% when running Outlook and Firefox. Everything is quick and crashes are rare.
I like the file sharing better than Parallels and the importer of my Virtual Machine from Parallels went well. Still need to figure out how to get rid of Parallels.
VM feels like a real customer oriented Company and Parallels never had that feeling - too inexperienced.
Anyway a great product that is also benefitting from a competing product that is problematical in my experience

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Windows within Leopard!", installation was a bit of a pain. But, finally got it working and it does as advertised. I took my already existing bootcamp partition/installation and made it it's own. The only thing is that I had to re-register with Microsoft on the Windows XP code number. A year ago, I did the Win XP Bootcamp thing. Microsoft validated it through the typical MS internet check. Once VM was installed and I opened up Win XP again, I had to re-validate. No big deal, but be prepared to potentially have to call up Microsoft about it.

It really is like running another computer in the background of your Mac. When you're done with it, you boot it down just like any regular win xp installation.

"Switched from Parallels, very pleased", I originally switched to Fusion from Parallels because of difficulties running Ubuntu on Parallels 2.0. I had the choice between upgrading to Parallels 3.0 or switching to VMWare Fusion. Ubuntu ran without trouble on the Fusion demo, and Fusion was less expensive than Parallels 3, so I made the switch. I have been pleasantly and consistently surprised at the fine quality with which VMWare Fusion runs and the convenience it provides. It was certainly an upgrade from the Parallels experience.

VMWare Importer quickly and painlessly converted all my VMs from Parallels format to VMWare format (Windows & Linux VMs). I was able to continue to boot to Windows XP on my Boot Camp partition as well.

The Windows-specific features are also a big improvement over Parallels. Unity mode is an excellent experience. The desktop and taskbar disapper, leaving only your applications. Windows applications can be minimized to the Dock, and you can keep application icons in the dock to make launching them easier. To launch any Windows application, simply hit Command+L, type a few characters, and hit enter. It is a similar experience to using Quicksilver on Mac. Using VMWare Fusion, it is easier to launch Windows applications from Mac OS X than from in Windows itself. Additionally, your entire start menu and programs menu is available from the Applications menu in Mac OS X, if you prefer to drill down.

I bought the latest MacUpdate promo bundle recently, which included a license to Parallels 3, so I gave it a try. It was a bad experience. I installed Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop and Server editions. The Desktop edition, even with Parallels extensions, wouldn't connect to a network. The Server edition wouldn't boot at all after installation. Horrible experience. In contrast, Ubuntu 8.04 runs perfectly on Fusion with or without VMWare tools installed.

VMWare Fusion seems faster, but I have no numbers to back that up. It is much less painful to boot into a VM, so I find myself booting them more often. I use Excel fairly often, and find Excel 2008 for mac slow and lacking in features, so for anything more than a simple list, I just boot into Windows and use Excel 2007 instead. It seems that the VMWare technology that has been built over the last ten years to speed up server environments has made the leap to the Mac, and it shows. Parallels simply can't match the VMWare investment in technology.

Another unforeseen advantage to using VMWare fusion is compatibility with other VMWare products. There is a huge library of VMWare "appliances" available for download from their site, and if you use VMWare server (free) on Linux or Windows, those virtual machines can now also be used on your Mac. I also ran into three VMWare images in the wild that I wouldn't have been able to use on my Mac without Fusion: Nokia's Maemo SDK VMWare appliance, Mono's VM appliance, and Stoq's evaluation appliance.

Overall, Fusion is a much less frustrating experience, faster, easier, more flexible, and, for now at least, cheaper when compared to Parallels.

And couple points of criticism:

(An older version of) Fusion caused a Kernel panic on one occasion, though it may have been caused by bad RAM.

I wish VMWare tools had an Ubuntu compatible .deb file to make installation easier.

Command+L was a bad choice for the Launch Applications keyboard shortcut, since Windows+L locks your computer (i.e. sends you to the sign in panel, which is useful if you leave your machine). In unity mode it's fine, because it doesn't lock your VM, but in Single Window mode or Fullscreen mode, it will.

"VMware Fusion - works like it says", Installed for three days - everything works as promised. Like having a Mac and a PC. (Love that Mac.)

"Great program", I've been using the software now for about 30 days and for the most part, it's been flawless. The setup was extremely easy and XP runs very smooth. I ran into a major problem at one point, which was resolved by email support (which was pretty prompt). Don't use Time Machine with your virtual machine is the bottom line as it can seriously foul it up. Upon resolution, I've had 0 problems with the software. My friends that run Parallels have had less satisfying results. I would highly recommend it. Would have given it 5 stars except for the big foul up with Time Machine.

"Fusion VMware 1", Fusion was very easy to load. I also found the wizards made it easy to create a virtual machine. I use Linux and VMware for servers. The fusion is much easier to use. I do not believe you would need to know VMware to use the fusion product. Microsoft runs faster on the MAC.