VMware Fusion costs $79.99, or you can upgrade for $49.99. No, VMware Fusion is not free, but a 30-day trial is available so you can evaluate the software before purchase. VMware Fusion requires a Mac launched in 2011 or later that must be running OS X 10.11 El Capitan or later.
#PARALLELS VS VMWARE FUSION 5 INSTALL#
You’re not limited to just running Windows: you can install other operating systems including Linux and macOS - including older versions of macOS and OS X. Your virtual computer is assigned a portion of the RAM, processor and disk space of your real computer, so it will be slower and have less resources. Well, technically Windows is running on a virtual machine, a computer emulated in software. VMware Fusion allows you to run Windows apps on your Mac. I’ll share what the software is capable of, including what I like and dislike. This review reflects the Mac version of the newly-released VMware Fusion, though it’s also available for Windows and Linux.
For the last week or two I’ve been putting it through its paces, installing Windows 10 and several other operating systems, and trying just about every feature in the program. I did try running it on my 2009 iMac, but VMware requires newer hardware.
I hadn’t tried VMware Fusion before, so I installed a 30-day trial on my macOS High Sierra based MacBook Air. See the “Alternatives” section of this review. There were still some Windows apps that I wanted to use from time to time, so I found myself using a combination of dual boot, virtualization (using VMware Player and VirtualBox) and Wine. After using Microsoft Windows for over a decade, I made a deliberate move away from the operating system to Linux in 2003 and Mac in 2009.
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