Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Smith Micro Software Inc.
EAN: 0717103883675
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Smith Micro Software Inc.
Manufacturer: Smith Micro Software Inc.
Model: VMFM20BX2
MPN: vmfm20bx2
Platform: Mac OS X Intel
Publisher: Smith Micro Software Inc.
Release Date: October 05, 2008
Studio: Smith Micro Software Inc.
Features:- Run Windows side-by-side with Mac OS X without rebooting
- Run Windows applications across multiple screens; instantly launch Windows applications from any Mac file, the Dock and more
- Use Exposé to switch between Windows and Mac applications; minimize Windows applications to the Dock
- Run 3D games, design software and other graphics-intensive apps with support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D hardware-accelerated graphics
- Use Windows-only USB devices on your Mac, including GPS receivers, cell phones, PDAs, and iSight cameras
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Who says you can't have it all? Get the best of both worlds and seamlessly run your favorite Windows applications on the Mac with VMware Fusion. Instantly launch Windows applications from any Mac file, the Dock, and more. Run Windows side-by-side with Mac OS X without rebooting, and quickly switch between Windows and Mac applications with Exposé. Use Windows-only USB devices on your Mac including GPS receivers, cell phones, PDAs, and web cameras. Run 3D games, design software and graphics-intensive apps with support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D. You can even bring your entire PC along, virtually, using VMware Converter. Windows really is better on the Mac. Hardware accelerated DirectX 8.1 3D graphics Run Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and NetWare without rebooting Most integration with the Mac including - Drag and Drop, Copy and Paste, Shared Folders (Windows 2000 and later), Auto-resize and full screen support System Requirements - Intel Mac required Minimum 1 GB of RAM (2 GB RAM recommended) 400 MB free disk space for VMware Fusion, and at least 5 GB for each virtual machine Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later Operating System installation media (disk or disk image) for virtual machines Microsoft Windows (not included)
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Who says you can't have it all? Get the best of both worlds and seamlessly run your favorite Windows applications on the Mac with VMware Fusion. Instantly launch Windows applications from any Mac file, the Dock, and more. Run Windows side-by-side with Mac OS X without rebooting, and quickly switch between Windows and Mac applications with Exposé. Use Windows-only USB devices on your Mac including GPS receivers, cell phones, PDAs, and iSight cameras. Run 3D games, design software and graphics-intensive apps with support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D. You can even bring your entire PC along, virtually, using VMware Converter. Windows really is better on the Mac.
Who says you can't have it all? Get the best of both worlds and seamlessly run your favorite Windows applications on the Mac with VMware Fusion. Click to enlarge. | 
Mac and Windows unite with VMware Fusion's powerful "Unity" view. Click to enlarge. | 
Share data back and forth between your Windows and Mac with ease. Click to enlarge. | 
Run 3D games, design software and other graphic-intensive applications. Click to enlarge. | 
VMware Fusion 2 doubles the number of virtual CPUs you can attach to a virtual machine, with experimental support for 4-way vSMP virtual machines. Click to enlarge. | Get the best of both worlds.
Moving to the Mac is easy.
Getting started is a breeze. Import your existing Windows PC with VMware Converter, or easily install a new Windows OS in a few simple steps with Windows Easy Install.
Graduate from Boot Camp.
VMware Fusion is the perfect complement to Apple's Boot Camp. No more choosing between Mac or Windows on boot; run Windows side-by-side with Mac OS X from your existing partition. And when you're ready, import your Boot Camp partition to reclaim extra space and enjoy great features such as Snapshots, AutoProtect, and Suspend and Resume.
3D for you and me.
Run 3D games, design software and other graphics-intensive apps with support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D hardware-accelerated graphics.
Displays for days.
Use Windows applications across as many displays as you please--up to eight screens.
Mac to the core.
Built from the ground up for the Mac, VMware Fusion works the way you expect with customizable tool bars, Quick Look integration, searchable Apple help and more.
Airbags for your Mac.
Take snapshots of your Windows installation, and always have the option to roll back to a safe state in case of trouble. And with AutoProtect, automated snapshots let you easily go back in time to before problems occurred.
USB without limits.
VMware Fusion lets you use Windows-only USB devices on your Mac--from GPS receivers, to cell phones, PDAs and even Apple iSight cameras.
Keep the bugs away.
To keep Windows XP and Windows Vista on your Mac as safe as possible, VMware Fusion includes a complimentary 12-month subscription to McAfee VirusScan Plus.
Maximize your Mac.
Take your Mac to the max by running virtual machines with up to four virtual CPUs, 8GB of RAM and with 64-bit operating systems. Features: - Seamlessly integrate Windows applications with the Mac
- Instantly launch Windows applications from any Mac file, the Dock and more
- Run Windows side-by-side with Mac OS X without rebooting
- Minimize Windows applications to the Dock
- Use Exposé to switch between Windows and Mac applications
- Import an existing PC with VMware Converter
- Install new Windows OS with Windows Easy Install
- Run Windows applications across multiple screens
- Use Windows-only USB devices on your Mac, including GPS receivers, cell phones, PDAs, and iSight cameras
- Run 3D games, design software and other graphics-intensive apps with support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D hardware-accelerated graphics
- Winner of more than a dozen industry awards
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Program works great. The instructions are easy to follow. Very easy to switch between OS X and Windows. I installed Windows Xp and it runs very well on my mac. The only issue I have it that if I insert a CD/DVD into Windows it won't always appear on my mac's desktop until i disable the cd-rom drive in vmware.
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This is a truly remarkable product; I have used almost every virtualization product in existence (Virtualbox, VMWare Server/Workstation, Xen, QEMU, KVM...) and none have come close to being as fulfilling and highly integrated as this one, not even the original VMWare products on Windows works this well.
Here is a typical user story:
1) Use bootcamp in OS X to prepare space for a second OS.
2) Install the second OS (I use Windows Vista on a MacBook AIR).
3) Start VMWare in OS X and it will discover your new OS, install guest drivers and provide seamless integration (copy/paste, hibernation, run Windows programs from Mac, share files...).
The speed is good, I have no issue with running multiple programs in OS X and Vista all at once on my Air (fx. Oracle 11 inside Windows Vista). However what I find most amazing is the level of integration; when I close the lid on my MacBook it hibernates all running OSs. I can even assign windows programs to be ... Read More
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Have used this for 11 months seamlessly. I love the way you can have PC applications on your Mac dock. One click and you open Windows and the application (example Word). The only problems I have had are with Windows -- the usual slowdowns and crashes. Nothing different from when I had a PC.
Fusion is priced well, too. My only beef is the commitment to partitioning your hard drive. As far as I can tell, you cannot undo this without reformatting your hard drive.
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I have a new (refurbished) Macbook Pro 2.4ghz/4GB RAM.
All my legacy files and software are Windows so I need to run a WinXP Pro VM on my Mac to continue to use them.
One reason I bought a Mac was to reduce the level of frustration achieved using Wintel for 9 years.
Grrrr.
Fusion was a very promising piece of software which I bought it for half-price to boot almost 30 days ago. I know this because my 30 days of free support is about to expire and I've been getting my money's worth, in quantity if not quality. I am worried because almost (literally) every time I boot it up, I encounter yet another problem. The on-line support is generally OK, never exceptional and sometimes downright lousy. Some of the support folk are truly diligent, I believe. They are likely located in India, based on names and time of day of the responses. This is not a bad thing necessarily as they are working on issues while I am sleeping and I can wake up to a reply. ... Read More
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I never used Parallels so I'm not going to make a comparison between the two, besides, there are plenty of good comparison recommendations between them.
As it is in most every company, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint slide shows abound and since the Mac is becoming fairly common in the workplace, it only stands to reason that you have seamless interoperability between the two. One of the things I noticed about office apps running natively on the Mac, even though they say they "export" or "save as" versions of Windows applications, they don't exactly make the cut. I work a lot in PowerPoint and Excel and often have to share slides or spreadsheets with others to collaborate on projects and presentations. The difficulty I had with doing this was that the version I sent them never seemed to look as good as it did when I was finished with it. I'd get all sorts of complaints from those working with me that my Mac just screwed things up.
I decided to try Fusion, load ... Read More
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