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Imserba Webstore - VMware Fusion 3
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List Price: $79.99
Our Price: $69.99
Your Save: $ 10.00 ( 13% )
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Manufacturer: VMWare
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: VMware, Inc.
EAN: 0814223009173
Feature: VMware Fusion 3 provides the ultimate Windows experience on the Mac
Format: CD-ROM
Label: VMWare
Manufacturer: VMWare
Model: FUS3-ENG-M-CP
Platform: Mac OS X Intel
Publisher: VMWare
Release Date: 2009-10-27
Studio: VMWare
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Features
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VMware Fusion 3 provides the ultimate Windows experience on the Mac
Optimized for Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard
64-bit native and advanced 3D graphics
Windows 7 support including Windows Aero and Flip 3D animations
Ultra-fast Migration Assistant for Windows to transfer your entire PC to your Mac wirelessly or using an Ethernet cable
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Editorial Reviews:
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With a highly optimized 64-bit engine, advanced memory and CPU management technology, VMware Fusion 3 runs the most demanding Mac and Windows applications side-by-side at maximum speeds without rebooting. With over 50 new features and a new ultra-fast Migration Assistant for Windows, it’s never been easier to run Windows on your Mac.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Okay, but problems with PC Migration Assistant
Comment: I've been a loyal user of VMware products for a long time, so when the Fusion 3.0 product came out, I didn't hesitate to upgrade my earlier release to the new version. Mainly, I hoped to use the new PC migration assistant to bring an old WIndows XP desktop I rarely use over to my Mac. Unfortunately, this was much more difficult than it should have been, to the extent that I wonder if VMware adequately tests any of these peripheral functions. I found a bunch of obvious problems, mostly on the Windows side...simple things such as Windows services not being automatically started, permission problems and so on. There seem to be many similar tales on the Internet, so I don't think I'm alone in this. After struggling with it for several hours and getting nothing more than a "General Error has Occurred" message, I finally gave up. Instead, I installed VMware's vConverter (there's a free trial on the web site) and it promptly reported a problem with my volume shadow copy service. After changing a few settings, I was able to use vConverter to create an image of my old Windows XP system on a removable hard drive that I could bring into the Mac version of Fusion.
In fairness, once I got the virtual image over to VMware Fusion, it ran flawlessly - and notably faster than what I recall from Fusion 2.0. So far, I've had Windows up for several days with no instability or outages at all to complain about. I also have Vista and RedHad Linux virtual machines up, with no complaints at all - in every way, once you're up and running, Fusion 3.0 seems to be a better product than 2.0, although if you're new to virtualization and are relying on things like the PC migration assistant, you're likely in for a few surprises.
Otherwise, seems to be a worthwhile upgrade.
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Summary: VMFUSION VS NATIVE WINDOWS 7
Comment: I have been very pleased with the performance of VMFUSION 3 on my Mac Pro.
The Mac has Dual Quad core Xeon 2.8Ghz processors with 4 cores and 8 GB allocated to the Win 7 VM. I am using the std video card that came with the MAC which is a pretty decent card. Drives on both machines are SATA, same brand and models. The PC is using a high end ASUS P6T board, Intel I7 920 Quad-Core processor, 6GB DDR3 RAM and an inexpensive (49.00 on sale) 512mb video card.
-------->MAC->PC
Processor 7.1 7.4
RAM 7.9 7.5
Graphics 2.0 3.7
Gaming Graphics 3.4 4.3
Primary HD 5.9 5.8
Either machine could have the video card upgraded to get better numbers for gaming, but I did not have any problem with Aero on my Mac and am happy with the performance.
BF2 did not run well in my XP VM, frame rate was too slow. I decided to run Red Alert 3 as a native Mac app after I saw it was avail. As far as I am concerned, I can run a Boot Camp XP to run my games in and get full performance.
With the flexibility that Fusion has given me, I am very happy with the product and the performance. I am a professional developer, not a professional gamer and as long as there is a way to run my games on this box, either with boot camp or in a VM, I really don't care how it gets done.
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Summary: Sticking with VMWare Fusion....
Comment: I cut my teeth in virtualization software with VMWare's Fusion 2 so I probably have a bias towards it when I say I have found VMWare Fusion 3 easier to navigate and more intuitive to use than Parallels 5. Now that I've tried both [VMWare Fusion and Parallels] I'm sticking with VMWare's Fusion--it just works for me. YMMV. Best of luck with whichever virtualization software you choose.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Terrible!
Comment: This does nothing more than can be done with free alternatives.
WARNING - It installs kernel extensions that not only slow down your system, but can make it unresponsive, unstable, and problematic.
I uninstalled this tool after just a week of use. Its buggy, and not worth the money.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Revised review; initial migration problems bypassed by creating a new virtual machine
Comment: Couldn't get it to do the basic task it is intended for -- put my PC on my MAC. I followed all instructions, disabled firewalls, UAC, etc., installed Migration agent on the PC and Fusion on the MAC, tried to migrate, but the MAC will not recognize my PC (invalid user name or password, it now says).
I decided to create a new virtual machine with XP Pro instead of migrating my old PC. The results are amazing. The virtual PC, now installed with Office 2007, seems faster than a native PC. I don't know why the migration function was totally dysfunctional for me, but alls well that ends well. Now I have the best of both worlds on one platform.
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