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Contents Introduction 5 What Is a Virtual Machine? 5 What You Can Do with VMware Fusion 5 System Requirements for VMware Fusion 7 Install VMware Fusion 7 Upgrade VMware Fusion 9 Start VMware Fusion 9 Getting Up and Running 10 Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install 10 Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition 12 Migrating an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine 13 Import an Existing Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 7.
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Getting Started with VMware Fusion Introduction VMware Fusion™ enables you to run your favorite Windows applications and PC-only devices on your Intel-based Mac. Designed from the ground up for the Mac user, VMware Fusion makes it easy to take advantage of the flexibility, security, and portability of virtual machines to run Windows and other x86 operating systems side by side with Mac OS X.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Run a wide range of sophisticated 3D applications and games – VMware Fusion lets you take advantage of the combination of your Mac’s advanced graphics and Windows 7 new desktop with Aero animations. With DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3 support and OpenGL 2.1 support for Windows, you can run your favorite Windows games and applications better than ever without having to reboot.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Evaluate and decide – You can use trial versions of Windows from within VMware Fusion by downloading prepackaged Windows virtual machines. You can try out different versions of Windows on your Mac, free of charge, for a limited time so that you can see firsthand the powerful Windows on Mac experience that VMware Fusion provides.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Click the Download link and follow the subsequent links for an electronic download distribution. You can choose from two versions of the VMware Tools disk image. The full version has the VMware Tools suite of utilities for all supported operating systems, and the light version has VMware Tools for Windows and Mac OS X Server only, with additional VMware Tools downloadable on demand.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Upgrade VMware Fusion If you are upgrading VMware Fusion, you do not need to uninstall the version installed on your computer. Installation and upgrade does not modify existing virtual machines. When you upgrade an existing VMware Fusion installation, make sure that all your virtual machines are properly shut down and that VMware Fusion is not running. To upgrade the application follow the same steps from “Install VMware Fusion.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Getting Up and Running You can use one of the following options to get up and running quickly with VMware Fusion: Create a new Windows virtual machine. Use an existing Boot Camp installation. Migrate your existing Windows PC. Import a Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machine. Download a prebuilt trial virtual machine.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion To create a Windows virtual machine using Windows Easy Install 1 Insert your Windows CD/DVD into your optical drive. You need a valid Windows product key. Windows CDs that were included with a previous physical computer might be locked to that machine and not work. Check with the PC manufacturer for more information. 2 Select File > New. The New Virtual Machine Assistant starts.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition Boot Camp is an application from Apple that enables an Intel-based Mac to run Windows operating systems. Boot Camp creates separate Mac and Windows partitions on your hard disk to create a dual-boot environment, so that you can use either Mac OS X or Windows at boot time, but not both. With VMware Fusion, you can use your Windows Boot Camp partition as a virtual machine.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion 3 After Windows boots from your Boot Camp virtual machine, VMware Fusion starts the installation of VMware Tools to enable full virtual machine functionality and optimize performance for your Boot Camp partition when used as a virtual machine. Follow the onscreen instructions and restart your virtual machine when prompted. 4 When the VMware Tools installation is complete, reboot your computer.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Download a Prebuilt Trial Virtual Machine You can download a wide range of prebuilt virtual machines, including trial Windows virtual machines from Microsoft. Some preconfigured virtual machines are also referred to as virtual appliances. Available virtual appliances include operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris, and include preconfigured collaboration and security appliances.
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Getting Started with VMware Fusion To quit a virtual machine Select a method to quit the virtual machine. Select Virtual Machine > Suspend to save the current state of your virtual machine, including all running applications, so you can return to this state without restarting the operating system in your virtual machine. Select Virtual Machine > Shut Down to completely shut down the operating system and the virtual machine.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Supported Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports over 140 guest operating systems, including most versions of Windows, and including Mac OS X Server, Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD. The operating systems listed here were tested in VMware Fusion virtual machines and are officially supported. For guest operating system support, known issues, and installation instructions, see the online VMware Compatibility Guide.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Windows 2000 Server SP4, Advanced Server SP4, Windows 2000 Professional SP4 (experimental) Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6a, Workstation SP6a Windows Me, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 SP1, MS-DOS 6.x SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, 10 SP2, 9 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, 10 SP2 SUSE Linux 10.1, 9.3 Novell Netware 6.5 SP7 Novell Linux Desktop 9 SP2 Novell Open Enterprise Server SP2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3, 4.7, 3.9, 2.1-stock 2.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Supported 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 64-bit guest operating systems: Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard and 10.
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