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MacUpdate Promo: 56% Off VMWare Fusion this weekend (18/9/2009)

  • 18-09-2009 12:26PM
    #1
    Talisman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,510 ✭✭✭


    VMWare Fusion for $34.95 on MUPromo.com. Offer ends on Sunday, September 20th.

    A complete bargain at that price.


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  • #2
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    Sweet. If I didn't already have a license I'd go for it. I much prefer it to Parallels Desktop. A steal at that price.


  • #3
    Josey Wales
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,449 ✭✭✭Josey Wales


    How would a Macbook with 1GB of RAM run with a windows running through VMWare? Would it be very slow?


  • #4
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    You could run Windows XP with 512MB and most basic tasks within Windows should be fine - though you might see slow downs on Mac OS X, especially if you're running Leopard. 2GB or more would be advisable if you want to be easily running Windows VMs.


  • #5
    who_ru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,033 ✭✭✭who_ru


    why would you want to run windows at all?


  • #6
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    who_ru wrote: »
    why would you want to run windows at all?
    plenty of reasons.

    some software solutions are still very windows rooted. auto cad is one of them.

    also a lot of web designers like to have windows installed so that they can test their sites in an varied array of web browsers that are windows only cause let's face it the world is still using windows so they need to be tested under windows and windows browswers.


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  • #7
    deevey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 707 ✭✭✭deevey


    How would a Macbook with 1GB of RAM run with a windows running through VMWare? Would it be very slow?

    Spend "$0" on virtualbox and the $34.95 on 2gigs extra ram, 99% of the VMware features are there...and the ram will be well worth the extra cash (for every application, snow leopard etc), first thing i spend money on for my macbook.


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