VMWare Fusion updated - new features and support for Mac OS X Leopard
Posted by: switchtoamac
On: November 12, 2007 10:31 PM
On Monday November 12, 2007 VMware announced the release of VMware Fusion 1.1, an update to the VMware Fusion desktop virtualization software for Intel-based Macs.
VMware Fusion allows owners of Intel-based Mac users to simultaneously run both Mac OS X and Windows. Key new features include:
- Mac OS X Leopard support
- Improved support for Microsoft Windows 3D graphics and experimental support for DirectX 9.0
- Enhancements to VMware Fusion’s Unity feature - such as displaying the Windows Start menu and task bar via Unity
- Support for Microsoft Vista Boot Camp partitions as virtual machines
- Find and search support for Windows Start menu item
- Support for French, German, and Japanese
- Improved performance
VMware Fusion 1.1 is a free update that is immediately available for current VMware Fusion 1.0 users. VMware also released a beta version of its VMware Importer application that allows Fusion users to import Parallels 2.5 and 3.0 virtual systems. Find out more at http://www.vmware.com/mac
