VMWare Fusion 4 brings full Lion support, desires to make Windows act less like Windows

Sep 14th 2011
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Leave it to VMWare to place the spotlight back on Lion when here’s, truly, Windows 8′s week . The corporate just announced Fusion 4, the most recent version of its virtualization software, and, as you’d expect, it pledges to play nice with Apple’s newly minted OS. As well as fully supporting Lion features like Spotlight, though, it makes Windows look more like, well, a Mac. The software includes improved support for Expose and Spaces at the Windows side, and adds the power to apply Mission Control and launch Windows apps from Launchpad. Additionally, you could run Lion as a virtual machine within Snow Leopard and VMWare makes vague claims about improved performance, 3D graphics and resource-hogging. It’ll cost $50 in the course of the end of the year, with the cost jumping as much as $80 in January. Fittingly enough, VMWare picked up at the proven fact that Apple’s moving faraway from optical drives , and instead chose to ship the software with a USB drive (you may as well download it and do the total drag-and-drop installation thing). Oh, and in case you bought the last-gen version of the software on July 20th or later, you will get the recent version gratis. Many of screen shots below, and whole PR after the break.

VMWare Fusion 4

VMWare Fusion 4 brings full Lion support, desires to make Windows act less like Windows

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VMware launches VMware Fusion® 4 – Methods to Run Windows on a Mac Just Got Better

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 14, 2011 – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the worldwide leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced VMware Fusion® 4 – tips on how to run Windows on a Mac. Available now at VMware.com for a promotional price of $49.99, VMware Fusion 4 makes it easier than ever for users to run Windows applications with Mac simplicity.

“Enhancements to VMware Fusion® 4 make it a breeze to run Windows and Mac Applications side by side on a Mac,” said Pat Lee, director, client product management, VMware. “Offering full integration into Apple OS X Lion, VMware Fusion 4 builds on our proven, award winning platform to supply a simple, fast and reliable thanks to run Windows applications on a Mac.”

With greater than 90 new features and now optimized for today’s multi-core Macs and OS X Lion, key features in VMware Fusion 4 include:

- Built for OS X Lion – VMware Fusion 4 is designed to produce the fitting Windows experience on OS X Lion. Add Windows programs to Launchpad, experience them in Mission Control, view them in full screen or switch between them using Mac gestures.
- Better Performance and Faster Graphics – VMware Fusion 4 have been engineered to run Windows and Mac applications side-by-side with incredible speed and reliability. As a 64-bit Cocoa application, it’s optimized for today’s multi-core Macs and delivers 3D graphics as much as 2.5-times faster.
- Much more “Mac-like” Experience – VMware Fusion 4 enhances the best way Windows programs run on a Mac. From the new settings menu to the redesigned virtual machine library and snapshot menu, users have much more Mac-like experiences when running Windows programs.
- Lion Squared – VMware Fusion 4 now supports OS X Lion in a virtual machine, allowing users to get more from their Mac by running OS X Lion, OS X Lion Server, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server and Mac OS X Leopard Server in virtual machines.

Switching Made Easy
VMware Fusion’s migration assistant for Windows makes it easier than ever for users to transfer their entire PC to a Mac, letting them cash in on their existing Windows software investment. With VMware Fusion 4 users can get the most effective of both worlds and feature access to Windows programs and files from their PC directly on their Mac, whenever they want them.

Availability and Pricing
VMware Fusion® 4 is out there until the top of the year for a promotional price of only $49.99. The suggested retail price for VMware Fusion 4 is $79.99. Customers who’ve purchased VMware Fusion 3 on or after the July 20, 2011 are eligible for an electronic upgrade to VMware Fusion 4 at no additional cost. Volume pricing for corporate users is obtainable from select resellers and www.vmware.com/fusion.

VMware Fusion 4 is out there immediately for download and buy from vmware.com. VMware Fusion box products can be available at key resellers including Apple, Apple.com, Amazon.com, Best Buy, Fry’s Electronics and lots of other stores within the coming days. VMware Fusion is supplied in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.

Additional Resources
Learn more about VMware Fusion at the VMware Fusion Blog

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