Update vmware fusion 2.0.1

As of version 2. For this feature to work, the folders in which the documents reside must be shared with the VM. If you do a lot of work between the two operating systems, this feature can be a real timesaver. You can share Internet applications in a similar manner.

Fusion also automatically maps standard OS X keyboard shortcuts to their Windows counterparts: press command-C in Windows, for example, and Fusion will automatically send it to Windows as control-C. Finally, printing is now much simpler.

Windows virtual machines will now automatically see any printers that are set up on your Mac, and create each one as a Windows printer. This can be easily done for networked printers, as both OS X and Fusion virtual machines can use them at the same time. USB-connected printers, however, will need to be specifically assigned to your virtual machines.

Fusion 2. Programs loaded quickly, and I was able to run multiple programs at once in both virtual machines without any noticeable slowdowns. Overall CPU usage has decreased to the point where you can comfortably leave Fusion running in the background, even with an open idling virtual machine.

On my Mac Pro, a Windows XP Pro virtual machine sitting open in the background typically used between 3 and 8 percent of my CPU; in the prior version of Fusion, that would have typically been 10 to 20 percent. Fusion also spreads the workload nicely across multiple CPU cores. When Fusion 1. While both Parallels and Fusion now support DirectX 9.

I tested a number of recent games, for the most part successfully: A few ran perfectly, and most ran to some degree, with occasional odd colors and graphical glitches. Performance in most was excellent—audio was spot-on, and frame rates were generally fine.

My game pad and flight stick both worked, as did my steering wheel, albeit without force feedback. Overall, Fusion makes a very good gaming system for old Windows games, though its abilities will vary by title. I was also able to use some Windows-only 3-D-enhanced Web projects— World Wide Telescope and Photosynth —both of which require good 3-D graphics support in order to run.

If your interests lie beyond Windows, Fusion offers new easy install options for Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Mandriva Linux variants: Fusion will walk through the install process, and also automatically install VMware Tools during the install. VMware Tools is a set of add-ons that bring useful features to Windows and Linux virtual machines—with the tools installed, you can resize virtual machine windows via drag and drop, and the mouse no longer need to be captured to be used within the virtual machine.

I tested the new features with Ubuntu Linux 8. Fusion has also upped the list of supported operating systems; you can now install over 90 different operating systems, including OS X This window makes it very simple to manage multiple virtual machines, as you can see everything you need in one spot. The latest release, version 2. Fusion 2. Other improvements include:. A complete list of fixes and remaining known issues can be found in VMware's release notes here.

VMware Fusion 2. It requires Mac OS X Downloads and further information can be found here. When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.

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