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Fusion 1.0

Macworld Rating

4.0 out of 5 Mice, Sep 27, 2007
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Pros

  • Excellent memory management
  • Support for multiple CPUs in virtual machines
  • Huge library of virtual appliances
  • USB 2.0 support
  • Support for over 60 operating systems
  • Good help system

Cons

  • Only one snapshot per virtual machine
  • Tech support options are somewhat limited and costly
  • Unity mode doesn’t work with multiple monitors
  • 3-D support isn’t as good as on Parallels

Software Details

  • VMware
  • 10.4 (Tiger)
  • Intel
  • $80

Macworld's Fusion 1.0 Coverage

  • Fusion 1.0 Already, the release of Fusion has inspired an incremental upgrade in Parallels so that its Coherence feature more closely matches what you get with Unity—and there’s the upcoming Fusion 1.1 that will add better 3-D graphics support, improvements in Unity mode, support for the Eject key, and a host of other improvements.
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