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 03 Mar, 2007 5:43 am VMware Fusion Beta 2 available |
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VMware Inc, has released the second public Beta version of VMware Fusion , a virtualisation client, similar to Parallels Desktop for Mac. The beta 2 version of VMware Fusion requires and Intel-based Mac, and adds support for 3D graphics, "snapshot" backups, improves Windows Vista support, adds Mac OS X 10.5 support, and more.
The first VMware Fusion (public) Beta was available to general public in late December last year. (previous thread on Beta 1 )
New and Improved features in Beta 2:
| Quote: |  This Beta 2 release of VMware Fusion for Mac includes the following new features and feature improvements:
- Experimental 3-D graphics support - Play a selection of DirectX 8.1 games in Windows XP Service Pack 2 virtual machines.
- Snapshot feature - Roll back your virtual machine to a known good state when something goes wrong in your virtual machine-for example, when your virtual machine picks up a virus, or when a software upgrade causes problems.
- Improved networking - Automatically bridge to the computer’s primary network interface.
Full support for Airport wireless networking, including virtual machines behind a NAT firewall and bridged to the local Airport network.
Support for up to ten virtual network interfaces
- Improved Microsoft Vista support - Support for Microsoft Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions.
Complete VMware Tools support for Microsoft Vista including copy/paste, dragging and dropping files, shared folders, and screen resizing.
- Improved hardware editor - Add additional virtual hard drives to a virtual machine for needed capacity.
View the physical computer's battery status in the virtual machine.
- Improved full screen mode - Support for plugging and unplugging displays while virtual machines are in full screen mode.
Improved usability: an on-screen tip shows how to enter and exit full screen mode easily.
- Experimental support for Mac OS X Leopard - You can now install and run VMware Fusion on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Support is experimental because Mac OS X 10.5 is not yet released. Fusion will support the release version of OS X 10.5 in the final VMware Fusion release.
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For additional information, please see VMware Fusion for Mac Releas Notes
For more information and to download VMware Fusion Beta 2 please visit Fusion Beta Program web site.
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Antony
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| 03 Mar, 2007 10:20 pm |
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The release notes says it is possible to play DirectX 8.1 on Windows XP on VMware Fusion Beta 2. Has anyone tried?
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