VMware Fusion 3: New Features

Even More to Love

With over 50 new features, VMware Fusion 3 offers full support for Windows 7 and Snow Leopard, with a 64-bit optimized engine to deliver even faster performance and advanced 3D graphics for the ultimate Windows experience on the Mac. Ultimate Windows Experience

Get the ultimate Windows experience on the Mac with the new WDDM 1.0 driver, and make the most of Windows 7 with Windows Aero and Flip 3D animations. New animated transitions to and from full-screen view and expanded third party application support deliver convenient new ways to fully appreciate Windows on your Mac. From the simple installation of Windows to its everyday use, VMware Fusion 3 was designed to give you the ultimate Windows Experience on the Mac.

More Mac-like Than Ever

Designed from the ground up for the latest Mac OS X releases—Snow Leopard and Leopard—VMware Fusion comes preloaded with new powerful built-in features to help you run Windows applications even more like Mac applications. The new always-on applications menu lets you access your Windows apps directly from the Apple menu bar, and the new resizable preview window lets you keep an eye on your virtual machines. The new full screen menu bar gives you complete control over your virtual machine and can be moved to any side of the screen to make guest user interfaces—such as taskbars and menu bars—more accessible.

Windows Powerhouse

Optimized to offer the best Windows performance without impacting the power of your Mac, VMware Fusion delivers best-in class graphics support for Windows and advanced 3D graphics for avid gamers. With a highly optimized 64-bit engine, advanced memory, and CPU management technology, VMware Fusion turns your Mac into a Windows powerhouse and lets you run the most demanding Mac and Windows applications side-by-side at maximum speeds. Play Full HD videos and run your favorite 3D Windows games better than ever with best in class OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3 graphics support—all without rebooting.

New Virtual Machine Library — Get easy access to common tasks with the new Home view: install guest operating systems, migrate physical PCs, set up Boot Camp virtual machine, or download virtual appliances. Discover and import virtual machines created by Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac.

Automatic Updates — New built-in software updater that checks, downloads, and installs VMware Fusion updates.

140+ OSes — More than 140 guest operating systems supported, including Windows XP through Microsoft Windows 7, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server and Ubuntu 9.04.

Migration Assistant for Windows — It’s never been easier to move your entire PC to your Mac. Install a simple App on your PC, connect it to your Mac with a cable or wirelessly, and VMware Fusion will guide you through the rest.

Break Down the Walls Between PC and Mac

VMware Fusion breaks down the walls between Windows and Mac OS X, transforming Windows applications to work seamlessly like Mac OS X-native applications.

Unity View Mac and Windows unite with VMware Fusion’s powerful “Unity” view. Run Windows applications like Mac applications, quickly switching between Mac and Windows applications, minimizing Windows applications to your Dock, and even store Windows applications in your Dock to launch at a moment’s notice. Data Sharing

Share data back and forth between your Windows and Mac with ease. Drag and drop files from your Mac to Windows, and back. Copy and paste styled text from Mac apps into Windows apps, and vice versa. Access all your Mac files, straight from any Windows application. VMware Fusion’s Mirrored Folders easily maps special folders on your Mac—Desktop, Documents, Pictures, and Music—to their counterparts in your virtual machine. Use your Windows applications to run and modify Mac files and save files from your Windows applications straight to the Mac. Application Sharing VMware Fusion Application Sharing lets you have the best of both worlds by setting your favorite applications—whether Windows or Mac—to run any file. Set Windows applications to launch specific file types in your Mac’s shared folders or directly launch Mac applications from inside your virtual machine. Use your Mac’s Applications folders to manage all available applications—even those in your virtual machine And use VMware Fusion’s seamless link handling to set web links to launch in a default browser, whether Windows or Mac. Email, FTP, and other links too. Set web links in your Windows applications to open in Safari, Firefox for Mac, and others. Or set email links in Safari to open via Outlook. 3D and High Definition Video Acceleration Run 3D games, design software and other graphic-intensive applications with VMware Fusion’s exclusive support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D graphics. Watch 1080p High Definition video in Windows applications at native speeds with greatly reduced CPU utilization. Multiple Display Support Use VMware Fusion with as many displays as your Mac can handle! VMware Fusion offers the first true multi-display support for your Mac, with additional physical displays showing up as individual displays in your virtual machine. USB Device Support VMware Fusion offers complete USB 2.0 support—even for proprietary video cameras, GPS, Bluetooth, and other devices that only work in Windows. You can even use your Mac’s built-in USB devices, like the iSight camera and Bluetooth radio with your Windows applications.

Seamless Keyboard Mapping With VMware Fusion Keyboard Mapping your Mac keyboard can now play nice with any Windows application. Shortcut keys needed for Windows programs, but which don’t exist on the Mac keyboard—like “insert,” “print screen,” “F13” through “F16,” and more—are now a snap. Just set up a mapped key using VMware Fusion’s Keyboard Mapping. Driverless Printing Driverless printing makes your Mac’s printers automatically accessible to your Windows applications—no configuration required. Your Mac’s default printer even shows up as the default for Windows too.

Safer Windows on the Mac

VMware Fusion makes your Windows-on-Mac experience the safest possible with a suite of features to keep Windows safe and sound.

Multiple Snapshots VMware Fusion brings a Mac-friendly user experience to taking and managing more than one snapshot. Save a snapshot of your virtual machine before installing new software to protect yourself in case something goes wrong. AutoProtect Automatic Snapshots Building on Multiple Snapshots, VMware Fusion’s AutoProtect automatically snapshots your running virtual machine at set intervals, protecting you from unexpected bumps in the road. Viruses, spyware and other nasties don’t give you fair warning to do a manual snapshot; AutoProtect means you still win. And because AutoProtect retains hourly, daily, and weekly snapshot checkpoints, your virtual machines now have their very own time machine. Embedded Antivirus and Antispyware Protection To keep your Windows-on-Mac experience as safe as possible, VMware Fusion includes a complimentary 12-month subscription for McAfee VirusScan® Plus, providing antivirus, antispyware and Windows firewall software to help protect your Windows investment.

Mac-like and User Friendly

Built from the ground up for Mac users, with an obsessive eye towards being a “good Mac citizen” VMware Fusion is the easiest, most Mac-friendly way to run Windows on the Mac. A Mac-first user interface ensures that users get the features they expect, like customizable tool bars, searchable Apple help, Boot Camp support, dock notification integration, and more.

Heavyweight power. Light as air. VMware Fusion is built on the industry’s most mature, and powerful virtualization engine, under development for more than a decade. This powerful technology delivers the speed and stability you expect, with low impact on your Mac, letting you enjoy the full power of your hardware. Completely Redone User Interface VMware Fusion 2 features a completely redesigned, visually stunning Virtual Machine Library and Settings Editor. Control and modify your Windows installation quickly and easily with a couple of clicks. Mac OS X Leopard Integration VMware Fusion was built from the ground up for the Mac, with intuitive, Mac-native features like customizable tool bars, virtual machine packages, integration with Mac OS X Leopard's Quick Look, Cover Flow, Mac OS X Help and more. VMware Fusion takes powerful, industry-proven technology, and puts a friendly, easy-to-use face on it. VMware Fusion makes Windows on the Mac “just work,” just like your Mac. Boot Camp Support Graduating from Boot Camp is a snap with VMware Fusion. No longer have to chose between Windows and Mac at bootup; run your existing Windows partition side by side with your Mac. VMware Fusion automatically recognizes your existing Boot Camp partition and quickly lets your run it concurrently with your Mac. And when you’re ready, easily import your Boot Camp partition and reclaim unused space on your partition, while taking advantage of great virtual-only features like Snapshots, AutoProtect, and the ability to instantly Suspend and Resume without waiting for Windows to boot. Tools for Switching Do you have existing non-VMware virtual machines that you’d like to run with VMware Fusion? Importing existing virtual machines is as easy as point and click—support for Parallels and Virtual PC for Mac makes it easy to switch to the best. VMware Converter Starter Edition, available as a free download, lets you migrate existing Windows machines into virtual machines for your Mac.