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VMware Fusion 4.1

by Lee Collins

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18 Nov 2011

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VMware Fusion on a Mac

Verdict

Previously excellent virtual operating system manager for your Mac, made even better with a host of new features

Review Rating: rating

Type: Time limited demo

Platform: Mac OS X

Manufacturer: VMware

Size: 148MB

Number of Downloads: 811

Price: £47.40 (10% off)

Built from the ground up for the Mac, VMware Fusion leverages nearly a decade of virtualization expertise to harness the full power of your Mac hardware, while still supporting Windows-only applications, USB 2.0 devices, 64-bit, and accelerated 3D graphics.

This is the latest Fusion your Mac that will enable you to use a virtual operating system on a second monitor. If you own more than one monitor, or work across two monitors, you could open Windows as a virtual OS on one and then use your Mac on the other.

Within Fusion, you can now import a virtual machine from Parallels or the old Microsoft Virtual PC (for Mac). There is also the option to convert your existing Bootcamp partition in to a virtually hosted operating system.

Other highlights include the facility to print from a printer connected to your Mac, from within Windows, without having to set up access within Windows. The user-interface has had a makeover and it’s now more Mac-like than ever. In addition, there are many minor improvements to networking, unity and more.

This is the brand new VMware Fusion 4, with full support for OS X Lion, full-screen mode (using Mission Control), improved performance and much more.

Sadly the trial version can't be directly downloaded from the VMware website. You need to start an account, then login, to download.

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