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VMWare Fusion 3 customers, no need to fret. Unless you purchased after July 20th, you get to pay full price just like everyone else. ( I'd be happy to be wrong,

by jpitz 15y ago

VMWare Fusion 3 customers, no need to fret. Unless you purchased after July 20th, you get to pay full price just like everyone else. ( I'd be happy to be wrong, but at this point, I feel a tad betrayed. To the point that I am considering dumping Fusion )

sirn 15y ago
$49 full price isn't that bad compared to Parallels 7. Not only you have to pay $49 for an upgrade, it will also slow down your boot time drastically[1]. VMware Fusion user can get P7 for $29[2] but from my experience I'd rather not switch. I upgrade to P7 few days ago, and today I'm switching to Fusion 4 hope to never become Parallel's customer again. (Unrelated note, it took Parallels 7 hours to send me an upgrade key after purchase while it only took VMware 3 hours to answer my question regarding Fusion 4.) [1]: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=113543 http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=113543 [2]: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/vmwareoffer/ http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/vmwareoffer/
- jpitz 15y ago
  That is an entirely fair point. I was going off the memory of an $80 price point from 2, and a fairly cheap-sh upgrade to 3. [edit - instead of replying to myself] In any case, I'll hold off a patch release or two. Heck, I haven't even installed Lion yet on my primary dev machine.
- m_eiman 15y ago
  On my account page, license section, they've put this notice: "Upgrades for the following products: View 5, Fusion 4, Workstation 8, Site Recovery Manager 5, and vFabric will be available on the licensing portal by the week of 9/19. If you have questions, please contact License support." So maybe upgrade prices will be available next week.
  - jpitz 15y ago
    Thank You!
- lawnchair_larry 15y ago
  Wow, from [1]: I've been experiencing the same issue...this was the response from tech support. "As I understand the issue that since upgrading from 6 to 7, OSX now requires login twice with filevault2 startup volume, and takes much longer to boot. I regret the inconvenience caused. In order to resolve the issue, please follow the steps given below: 1. Click on Apple icon on Menu bar and select 'System Preferences'. 2. Under 'Personal' you can see an option 'Security & Privacy' click on it. 3. Select 'FileVault' tab there you can see 'Turn off FileVault'. Really, that is their solution? Ouch!
blinkingled 15y ago
I am in similar situation. I thought there was 30 day money back guarantee on Parallels 7 - anyone has an idea how easy/hard Parallel's return process is?
krobertson 15y ago
I've been using Fusion since it first came out and disappointed there is no upgrade pricing. I don't use it as much anymore and don't see 4 as compelling enough to upgrade at full price, so will be passing on it for now.
matwood 15y ago
Full price of $49? Or just plug in the fusion20 code and pay $39. It seems it's really the other way around and that they are giving everyone the upgrade price until the end of the year.
jemeshsu 15y ago
I just logged in to vmware.com as I bought old Fusion. There is a message below. So an upgrade is coming. >Upgrade Entitlements Timing >Upgrades for the following products: View 5, Fusion 4, Workstation 8, Site >Recovery Manager 5, and vFabric will be available on the licensing portal by the week of 9/19.

by jpitz 15y ago

sirn 15y ago

$49 full price isn't that bad compared to Parallels 7. Not only you have to pay $49 for an upgrade, it will also slow down your boot time drastically[1]. VMware Fusion user can get P7 for $29[2] but from my experience I'd rather not switch. I upgrade to P7 few days ago, and today I'm switching to Fusion 4 hope to never become Parallel's customer again. (Unrelated note, it took Parallels 7 hours to send me an upgrade key after purchase while it only took VMware 3 hours to answer my question regarding Fusion 4.) [1]: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=113543 http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=113543 [2]: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/vmwareoffer/ http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/vmwareoffer/

jpitz 15y ago
That is an entirely fair point. I was going off the memory of an $80 price point from 2, and a fairly cheap-sh upgrade to 3. [edit - instead of replying to myself] In any case, I'll hold off a patch release or two. Heck, I haven't even installed Lion yet on my primary dev machine.
m_eiman 15y ago
On my account page, license section, they've put this notice: "Upgrades for the following products: View 5, Fusion 4, Workstation 8, Site Recovery Manager 5, and vFabric will be available on the licensing portal by the week of 9/19. If you have questions, please contact License support." So maybe upgrade prices will be available next week.
- jpitz 15y ago
  Thank You!
lawnchair_larry 15y ago
Wow, from [1]: I've been experiencing the same issue...this was the response from tech support. "As I understand the issue that since upgrading from 6 to 7, OSX now requires login twice with filevault2 startup volume, and takes much longer to boot. I regret the inconvenience caused. In order to resolve the issue, please follow the steps given below: 1. Click on Apple icon on Menu bar and select 'System Preferences'. 2. Under 'Personal' you can see an option 'Security & Privacy' click on it. 3. Select 'FileVault' tab there you can see 'Turn off FileVault'. Really, that is their solution? Ouch!

blinkingled 15y ago

I am in similar situation. I thought there was 30 day money back guarantee on Parallels 7 - anyone has an idea how easy/hard Parallel's return process is?

krobertson 15y ago

I've been using Fusion since it first came out and disappointed there is no upgrade pricing. I don't use it as much anymore and don't see 4 as compelling enough to upgrade at full price, so will be passing on it for now.

matwood 15y ago

Full price of $49? Or just plug in the fusion20 code and pay $39. It seems it's really the other way around and that they are giving everyone the upgrade price until the end of the year.

jemeshsu 15y ago

I just logged in to vmware.com as I bought old Fusion. There is a message below. So an upgrade is coming. >Upgrade Entitlements Timing >Upgrades for the following products: View 5, Fusion 4, Workstation 8, Site >Recovery Manager 5, and vFabric will be available on the licensing portal by the week of 9/19.