New and Improved Features in VMware Fusion 2.0
VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 2 has a large number of enhancements, including:
- Multiple Snapshots
- Save your virtual machine in any number of states, and return to those states at any time
- Automatically take snapshots at regular intervals with AutoProtect
- File and URL Sharing
- Share applications between your Mac and your virtual machines
- Finder can now open your Mac’s files directly in Windows applications like Microsoft Word and Windows Media Player
- VMware Fusion can configure virtual machines to open their files in Mac applications like Preview and iTunes
- Click on a URL in a virtual machine and open it in your favorite Mac browser, or configure your Mac to open its links in a virtual machine
- Map key folders in Windows Vista and Windows XP (Desktop, My Documents, My Music, My Pictures) to their corresponding Mac folders (Desktop, Documents, Music, and Pictures)
- Greatly improved reliability of shared folders—now compatible with Microsoft Office and Visual Studio
- Experimental Support for Mac OS X Server Virtual Machines
- You can create Mac OS X Server 10.5 virtual machines (experimental support). Due to Apple licensing restrictions, the standard edition of Mac OS X 10.5 is not supported in a virtual machine
- Display Improvement
- Improved 3D support
- Use 1080p full high definition video in Windows XP or Windows Vista
- Freely resize your virtual machine�s window and enter and exit Full Screen view while playing games
- Run Linux applications directly on your Mac�s desktop under Unity view
- UI Improvements
- The New Virtual Machine Assistant has Linux Easy Install in addition to Windows Easy Install
- Cut and paste files up to 4 MB, including graphics and styled text
- Status icons glow when there is activity
- A screen shot of the last suspended state of a virtual machine is displayed in Quick Look and Cover Flow
- You can remap keyboard and mouse input
- Keyboard compatibility between the Mac and the virtual machine is improved
- The vmrun command line interface is available for scripting
- Broader Hardware and Software Support
- VMware Fusion supports Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
- VMware Fusion supports 64-bit Vista Boot Camp; handles activation for Microsoft Office 2003 and Office 2007
- Experimental support for 4-way SMP (note: Windows Vista and Windows XP limit themselves to two CPUs)
- Support for Virtual Hard Disks
- You can mount the virtual disk of a powered-off Windows virtual machine using VMDKMounter (Mac OS X 10.5 or higher)
- You now have the ability to resize virtual disks
Issues Resolved in VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 2
- Keyboard now works (no more “beep”) when running Quicken, VPN-1 SecureClient, last.fm, Google Earth, and other software
- No longer fails in Unity view when clicking in the top right corner of a window
- Windows task bar now correctly hidden and shown when entering Unity view
- Unity view now works correctly after taking a snapshot
- Importing a Parallels Desktop virtual machine no longer results in an alert about the virtual machine being locked
- Fixed slowdown and system not responding with “SendToVNet mbuf_dup failed” messages in log in Mac OS X 10.5
- Relaxed false positive warnings about Mac OS X running in VMX non-root operation
- Fixed errors when powering on a virtual machine using Mac OS X 10.6 WWDC developer seed
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