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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Introduction
- What Is a Virtual Machine?
- What You Can Do with VMware Fusion
- System Requirements for VMware Fusion
- Install VMware Fusion
- Upgrade VMware Fusion
- Start VMware Fusion
- Getting Up and Running
- Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install
- Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition
- Migrating an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine
- Import an Existing Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0 Virtual Machine
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Sending the Ctrl-Alt-Delete Command to a Virtual Machine
- Quit Your Virtual Machine
- VMware Fusion Resources
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
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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.
What Is a Virtual Machine?
A virtual machine is a software equivalent of a physical computer that, like
the physical machine, runs an operating system and applications. In the case
of VMware Fusion, a virtual machine is equivalent to a personal computer
(PC). A virtual machine is like having a computer running inside another
computer, mimicking the actions of different hardware devices commonly
found inside a computer, such as a processor, memory, and a hard drive. It is
a software file stored on your Mac that contains Windows and all your
applications associated with it.
The Mac that you run a virtual machine on is typically referred to as the host.
In this context, the virtual machine is referred to as a guest.