VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1

VMware has released VMware Fusion Beta 1. Features include:

1. When it launches, VMware Fusion 2.0 will be a free upgrade to all VMware Fusion 1.x users. This is as a sincere thank you to our early supporters who have partnered with us to make this product so great.

2. VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 offers first “true” multi-display support for virtual machines—your virtual machines will see as many individual Mac displays as you attach to your Mac (you have to see the demo video to believe it)

3. Next gen 3D acceleration: We up the ante with experimental support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2.

4. Dead Simple Switching to VMware Fusion: Integrated importation of Parallels Desktop and Virtual PC for Mac virtual machines. *And* integrated Boot Camp conversion, letting you take your Boot Camp from “physical to virtual” with a couple clicks.

5. Dozens of usability and general improvements: Easy virtual machine printing, totally re-designed Settings Editor, easier Shared Folders, and the list goes on and on.

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/06/2008 11:00:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  VMware launches "Team Fusion" blog VMware has launched their "Team Fusion" blog . The blog is a great resource to get the latest news and support for VMware Fusion.

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 2/08/2008 09:10:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  VMware Fusion 1.1.1 Launches; Adds One Cool Feature, Addresses 15 Issues The VMware Fusion Team is happy to announce that VMware Fusion 1.1.1 is now available, addressing 15 issues reported by our customers.

VMware Fusion 1.1.1, a free update for current VMware Fusion customers and available in all the languages Fusion currently ships in, also adds a nifty new feature to transparently remap keyboard shortcuts when going back and forth between applications in the virtual machine and the Mac, regardless of what view the virtual machine is in.

For example, VMware Fusion now remaps Command –X from the keyboard to Ctrl-X in the virtual machine whether in Full Screen, Single Window or Unity. The same remapping happens for Command-Z/-C/-V/-P/-A/-F. Previously, VMware Fusion only did this remapping in Unity mode.

What this means to users, is that when copying something from the Mac side to paste into the virtual machine, and vice versa, you no longer have to remember “Is it Ctrl-V, or Command-V to paste here? Which machine am I interacting with?”

The effect is a more integrated blending of the two operating systems, so your Mac and Windows work together seamlessly, where the user only has to remember one set of keyboard shortcuts!

Keyboard remapping can be turned on and off in the VMware Fusion > Preferences dialog.

To download VMware Fusion 1.1.1, go to:

http://www.vmware.com/download/fusion/

For a complete list of changes, go to:

http://www.vmware.com/support/fusion/doc/releasenotes_fusion.html#new111

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 1/30/2008 08:41:00 PM 0 comments links to this post