VMWare Workstation and Fusion will cross license).
F12 Pro will replace F11 Pro and will include license for 3 devices, INCLUDING Windows and Linux (i.e. Fusion 12 PLAYER will be free for personal use and replaces the 'standard' version of Fusion 11. If you buy F11 after June 15, you will get a free upgrade. F11 will be the last release to support Mojave. The future of Fusion: Fusion 12 is coming (already available as Technology Preview), it is based on very different design and is only for Catalina or Big Sur due to Apple design changes in macOS.
Next Question, if you can run Windows ARM as VM on a M1 Mac, will it be possible some day to install Windows ARM NATIVELY to a Apple Silicon Mac, a la bootcamp? I think all that would be needed is a special bootloader to trick Windows ARM into thinking it is a Surface Pro or something. There was no competition before, so Qualcomm and Microsoft had no pressure to push Windows ARM or the Surface Pro, it just had to be good enough. Ironically, because the M1 is so fast, according to some reviews, Windows ARM runs faster as a VM on a M1 Mac than it does on a Surface Pro natively. I wonder if VMware has a skunk works project going on to do the same I'm sure VMWare is watching how the Parallels experiment goes and whether consumers take to it. Even still the, it's actually quite amazing that it can be done, that a 32/64-bit Intel Windows app can run under emulation on a ARM version of Windows built for Qualcomm's ARM chip, running as a Virtual Machine on a Apple Mac with a Apple designed ARM processor. Lingering application issues, emulation of Intel, problems running older 32-bit Intel apps (under emulation). It's a proof of concept, the bigger issue is, will running the ARM version Windows satisfy people who want to run Windows on a Apple Silicon Mac, because Windows ARM still has it's own issues even on official Windows hardware like the Surface Pro. I've tried it, it works, for the most part, still a lot of work to do, but interesting.
This means users can run OS X Lion, OS X Lion Server, OS X Snow Leopard Server, as well as OS X Leopard Server in virtual machines.Ī trial version of VMware Fusion 4 can be downloaded using the link below.So, Parallels is showing off a Technical Preview of Parallels that can run the ARM version of Windows on Apple Silicon apps. What is probably the best news for business users, VMware Fusion 4 now supports OS X Lion in a virtual machine. To make Fusion even more Mac-like, VMware included a brand new settings menu, a redesigned virtual machine library and snapshot menu, and more. Version 4 has been engineered as 64-bit Cocoa application, therefore is able to run Windows and Mac applications side by side “with incredible speed and reliability,” the company said. It offers far more performance than its predecessor, Fusion 3, and is able to output even faster graphics (up to 2.5 times faster), VMware said.
Add Windows programs to Launchpad, experience them in Mission Control, view them in full screen or switch between them using Mac gestures,” the company explains.īesides the cool Lion integration, Fusion 4 brings more than 90 new features, including under-the-hood optimizations for today's multi-core Macs “VMware Fusion 4 is designed to provide the best Windows experience on OS X Lion. What Lee means by full integration is that, with Fusion 4, every Windows app becomes a Lion app, in terms of new functionality like Full Screen mode, Mission Control, Launchpad and other key features of Apple’s new operating system. "Offering full integration into Apple OS X Lion, VMware Fusion 4 builds on our proven, award winning platform to provide an easy, fast and reliable way to run Windows applications on a Mac." "Enhancements to VMWare Fusion 4 make it a breeze to run Windows and Mac Applications side by side on a Mac," said Pat Lee, director, client product management, VMware.
The virtualization solution is said to make it even easier to run Windows on a Mac.
Virtualization expert VMware has announced VMware Fusion 4, the latest version of its popular software that enables thousands of customers worldwide to run Windows programs on a Macintosh computer, side by side with OS X.įollowing rival Parallels in its footsteps, VMware is making Fusion 4 immediately available for an introductory price of $49.99.