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VMWare Fusion - Versatile Emulation for Macs
What do you like best about the product?
Fusion allows me to run almost any software on my Mac and also access my VMWare ESXi Servers from the same program.
What do you dislike about the product?
Fusion is fairly well integrated into MacOS but Parallels is better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Fusion when I need to test something non-Mac (Linux or Windows-based). It is quick and easy and I don't have to install the tested products on my Corporate servers to test them.
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The most stable VM software on macOS
What do you like best about the product?
I started using Fusion 3.0 under corporate license to run ad-hoc tests before release candidate build; my job was to perform the very final check to ensure each product meets regional specific requirements and satisfy customization requests. One product project could contain a few dozen builds; therefore, it would require extra hardware resources and time-consuming tasks if running the tests on physical machines. Fusion's presence saved me from preparing the testing environment, switching to another snapshot only one click away. This long-life application is still popularly available and is free for non commercial use, perfect for a personal blogger, NPO contributor, and goodwill-related use. This current version is 12 and is very stable and light. Anyone can access settings easily and configure a virtual machine without an advanced tech background. Perfect for all levels.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's hard for me to dislike this app; I would only reckon it's a bit inconvenient when its release launched around the same date as the macOS; it'd be confusing to identify which one caused/triggered an incident of the crash.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I no longer needed to procure physical machines to run some lower priority tasks; maintains is simple, space saver comparing to have a dozen machines in the same space. And most of them all, time and cost saved.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Fusion for macOS is a long-life application for building virtual machines. Fusion supports major operating systems and helps users create a new virtual machine with only a few clicks, it also features advanced configuration and checking so users will not destroy the physical device and operation by accident. Retrieving snapshot is fast and secured, the graphical timestamp is available, which makes it understandable for beginners and all levels.
Really good tool for any Mac user
What do you like best about the product?
I'm a fan of MacOSX but it has its drawbacks like not all software being compatible with MacOSX so there are only two options for us, using a Virtual Machine with Windows on it or using another PC to use the programs that are not compatible with MacOSX. Fusion just makes it easier to run a Virtual Machine (or several) so any program not available in MacOSX can be run without needing to be really good with computers.
What do you dislike about the product?
The default settings are just bad unless you download an already made Virtual Machine, having 2GB on RAM and 1 core in 2021 is just too little, almost every computer(especially a Mac one) has at least 8GB of RAM and it's a lot more common to have 16GB or 32GB and 4 or more processors so even if it works out of the box you are creating a slow and clunky user experience but as soon as you change those settings everything works really well so it's just a little downfall.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Running Linux and Windows Virtual Machines
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's a really good tool if you need to run programs not available on MacOSX.
The first program I install in any Mac
What do you like best about the product?
Mac is great and has advantages over Windows in some areas but by itself, it's not enough to be a work laptop, some programs that I need are only available on Windows, luckily for me VMware Fusion is like running a native Windows installation 95% of the time. I can run programs that I need like Visio without requiring another PC or needing to use Bootcamp, I have it set up so when I open the VM it goes to my secondary monitor and it is like working with 2 computers but with a shared mouse and keyboard, the integration is really good compared to other VM solutions.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anything that relies on hardware is a big no go, running BitLocker on Fusion works but keeps my laptop like a big grill since it relies on hardware acceleration that for obvious reasons isn't available in a Virtual Machine.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Running Virtual Machines: Windows, and Linux.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The time saved by using Fusion is well worth the license price
Allows me to run other OSes from my macbook
What do you like best about the product?
Macbooks are fantastic devices in almost every area except price and software support, with VMware Fusion you can run almost any Windows or Linux program easily without needing to do a reboot, I need to use Visio for my work and sadly is a Windows only program so with Fusion I can run it without needing another laptop or needing to reboot my machine to run another OS
What do you dislike about the product?
98% of the time everything works as expected, but 2% of the time it just won't work or do a different thing under a VM than if run natively. Since I do have another lapto with Windows installed I just switch devices if that happens, it is not often but the time it would take to fix the issue is probably a lot longer than just booting up and installing a software in another laptop
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Lately just running Windows 10 and using it to run Visio since I need to pass my network designs to a format that is more standarized accross industries
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you have a macbook and need windows this is the best option so far
Is a good tool to avoid having two laptops
What do you like best about the product?
It works as expected 97% of the time, with the exception of some Wireless Tools that some coworkers need and some drivers every other software worked exactly as expected. It can even run a separate network connection for every VM, really useful when the VM has intranet permissions but not the host machine. Good general support for everything to make it seamless to copy, paste, and transfer between host and VM and even between VMs.
What do you dislike about the product?
It runs toasty even on a cool day if you have anything intensive on the machine and most important you can't use hardware acceleration for things that normally benefit from it, like BitLocker so if you have to protect the VM with BitLocker that means that is going to run on software and that is CPU intensive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Opening and using Windows Programs that are unavailable on MacOSX
Recommendations to others considering the product:
A good alternative to a second laptop most of the time
The best software for Virtual machines in MacOSX
What do you like best about the product?
It runs Windows, Linux, switches, routers, and WLCs without issues or extra config, as long as you know what you are doing it's really easy to follow through with the configuration and if you have VMs already configured importing them is really easy.
Another great thing is that you can set restore points in case you want to try something that you are not sure if it is going to work, restoring takes some minutes, but makes sure you aren't wasting your time.
Another great thing is that you can set restore points in case you want to try something that you are not sure if it is going to work, restoring takes some minutes, but makes sure you aren't wasting your time.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can get my Macbook really hot even when the only thing that I'm doing in the VM is idling like in the native OS, it sets the cores to run at higher speed all the time. I don't matter if that happens in a Desktop PC but that means that if not careful it can drain my battery really quickly while idling with a VM open, besides that I think Fusion is pretty much perfect for what it does.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Installing, importing and running VMs of different OSes.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you already have a Mac and need a VM software spend the price in Fusion, it's worth it.
Best software for Virtual Machines in MacOSX
What do you like best about the product?
It can emulate network devices, windows and linux machines without issues as long as you have cpu, ram and storage available. It's especially good when dealing with interactions between devices when dedicated network cards are available for each Operating system available.
What do you dislike about the product?
This might be a fault of the software itself or an intentional blocking of some hardware vendors, but there are some apps that aren't possible to run in a VM and the drivers won't run even when using a dedicated network card so a separate device is needed to access some applications
The cpu usage can get the computer quite hot, even when just idling in the VM.
The cpu usage can get the computer quite hot, even when just idling in the VM.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using software that I need to use and isn't available on MacOSX, and testing network device configurations.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's the best software to run VMs without thinking a lot about it, virtualbox is another good option and free but it takes more time to setup, so choose your tradeoff
A must have for every MACOSX user
What do you like best about the product?
Not all things run on Mac sadly and from time to time I need to run Windows-only programs like Visio and while I do have the license and another pc to run it, it's just better to only use one pc for everything instead of overcomplicating it.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some programs really don't like to work inside a virtual machine, no matter how hard I try there are some issues with things that use special drivers to work just does not run and some that run really slowly, but for the other 95% of the time it's just amazing software. And to be fair it also does not run on Virtual Box or any other VM container
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Running Windows programs on my macbook pro
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The best VM container in mac so far.
Buggy, trying to upgrade you often and very sly
What do you like best about the product?
Vmware Fusion helped me to use Windows on my Mac in the past.
What do you dislike about the product?
Every Mac OS X system release is a lottery. Whether Vmware Fusion will continue to work, whether it will be updated or a company will make you an upgrade offer.
I had a version 10.1.6 and it started to show a black screen on Mac OS Catalina. I searched for solutions, and find that I need to install a trial of version 11 to enable security settings in my Mac. And then to delete it and download back a version 10.1.6. Just because developers don't want to make a small patch that will just ask that security setting and think that most users are stupid and won't solve this problem and will upgrade again.
I did Install version 11, but when I tried to download 10.1.6 from the official site I got an error "Your download request has been received and is under review for download eligibility."
3 business days someone sly from VmWare will hope that I will upgrade instead of my right to download particular version from the official site.
Shame on you, VmWare. You are dealing like a scammer to get my money for nothing.
I had a version 10.1.6 and it started to show a black screen on Mac OS Catalina. I searched for solutions, and find that I need to install a trial of version 11 to enable security settings in my Mac. And then to delete it and download back a version 10.1.6. Just because developers don't want to make a small patch that will just ask that security setting and think that most users are stupid and won't solve this problem and will upgrade again.
I did Install version 11, but when I tried to download 10.1.6 from the official site I got an error "Your download request has been received and is under review for download eligibility."
3 business days someone sly from VmWare will hope that I will upgrade instead of my right to download particular version from the official site.
Shame on you, VmWare. You are dealing like a scammer to get my money for nothing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
No more benefits after their approach upselling by force
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Avoid it.
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