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Nothing in there stood out to me. Does this upgrade cost money? Why would I want to upgrade?

by epall 17y ago

antidaily 17y ago
2 is especially slow for me. I'll probably upgrade just to see if it gets any faster. Pretty sad.
- f00 17y ago
  If you're disappointed with the quality/performance of Fusion 2, why would you pay more and blindly upgrade to 3 without actually knowing that it has measurably improved? Either way, please report back after the upgrade. The 'new features' list isn't terribly compelling, but a genuine performance boost (on, say, a dual-core MacBook Pro, not just an 8-core MacPro) would be.
  - Locke1689 17y ago
    It works great for me. My system specs: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 6 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Boot ROM Version: MBP51.007E.B00 I can confirm that if I turn on the GT video card that I can actually play DoTA (Warcraft 3) in Vista at 1024x768 with no skipping. Obviously it doesn't balk at anything less complex (like Linux development and testing, which is what I usually use it for). Edit: The support for multiple monitors is also greatly improved. I tend to like to connect my MBP to a second monitor, throw the VM on it, then fullscreen it. Works great.
  - eli 17y ago
    Free 30 day trial http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11004 http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11004
- gruseom 17y ago
  I agree. Maddeningly slow. Pity we can't all chip in a few bucks to test the upgrade.
- zenocon 17y ago
  What are your hardware specs, and how much ram did you give the VM? I have a mbp that is a few years old with 4GB of ram, and fusion has never been slow. I did just upgrade to 3 and installed a Win7 image and it runs seemingly like bare metal.
9oliYQjP 17y ago
One big feature is thatAero is supported in Windows Vista and Windows 7 now.
- arthurk 17y ago
  But only on a GPU >= nVidia 9400
  - callahad 17y ago
    I've seen a couple of reports that this limit was removed in the final release. Can anyone confirm this?
    - Locke1689 17y ago
      While I can't say for sure because I don't have a mac with a video card that poor, I can say that I don't see any such limitation spelled out in the beta copy docs or options.
    - arthurk 17y ago
      According to Microsoft Aero will be enabled in Windows 7 if a DirectX 9 compatible GPU with a minimum of 128 MB of Video RAM is detected. I installed Win7 earlier today and can confirm that it is not available on my old MacBook with GMA 950 GPU with 64MB RAM.
  - callahad 17y ago
    According to http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10959 http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10959, the minimum requirements are either an ATI Radeon 2600 or an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M.

Nothing in there stood out to me. Does this upgrade cost money? Why would I want to upgrade?

by epall 17y ago

Nothing in there stood out to me. Does this upgrade cost money? Why would I want to upgrade?

antidaily 17y ago

2 is especially slow for me. I'll probably upgrade just to see if it gets any faster. Pretty sad.

f00 17y ago
If you're disappointed with the quality/performance of Fusion 2, why would you pay more and blindly upgrade to 3 without actually knowing that it has measurably improved? Either way, please report back after the upgrade. The 'new features' list isn't terribly compelling, but a genuine performance boost (on, say, a dual-core MacBook Pro, not just an 8-core MacPro) would be.
- Locke1689 17y ago
  It works great for me. My system specs: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 6 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Boot ROM Version: MBP51.007E.B00 I can confirm that if I turn on the GT video card that I can actually play DoTA (Warcraft 3) in Vista at 1024x768 with no skipping. Obviously it doesn't balk at anything less complex (like Linux development and testing, which is what I usually use it for). Edit: The support for multiple monitors is also greatly improved. I tend to like to connect my MBP to a second monitor, throw the VM on it, then fullscreen it. Works great.
- eli 17y ago
  Free 30 day trial http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11004 http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11004
gruseom 17y ago
I agree. Maddeningly slow. Pity we can't all chip in a few bucks to test the upgrade.
zenocon 17y ago
What are your hardware specs, and how much ram did you give the VM? I have a mbp that is a few years old with 4GB of ram, and fusion has never been slow. I did just upgrade to 3 and installed a Win7 image and it runs seemingly like bare metal.

9oliYQjP 17y ago

One big feature is thatAero is supported in Windows Vista and Windows 7 now.

arthurk 17y ago
But only on a GPU >= nVidia 9400
- callahad 17y ago
  I've seen a couple of reports that this limit was removed in the final release. Can anyone confirm this?
  - Locke1689 17y ago
    While I can't say for sure because I don't have a mac with a video card that poor, I can say that I don't see any such limitation spelled out in the beta copy docs or options.
  - arthurk 17y ago
    According to Microsoft Aero will be enabled in Windows 7 if a DirectX 9 compatible GPU with a minimum of 128 MB of Video RAM is detected. I installed Win7 earlier today and can confirm that it is not available on my old MacBook with GMA 950 GPU with 64MB RAM.
- callahad 17y ago
  According to http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10959 http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10959, the minimum requirements are either an ATI Radeon 2600 or an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M.