Mick Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 According to Infoweek VMWare released a closed beta of their Intel Mac product, dubbed Fusion about 2 weeks ago. Anybody got lucky to be in the first round of beta testers? Curious about Mac OS guest support and maybe 3D graphics so Vista would run Aero. --Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraktion Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I just downloaded the beta from vmware and am running it now. First impressions: Kernel panic after trying to close it without installing an OS. 1.83 GHz Macbook 2.0 GB DDR2 667MHz RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 im going to try and find this now, thanks for the tip can u use vm images from vmware workstation too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calmesal Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I just downloaded the beta from vmware and am running it now. First impressions: Kernel panic after trying to close it without installing an OS. 1.83 GHz Macbook 2.0 GB DDR2 667MHz RAM where did you get it? A link please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriX Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 please give us a link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 http://www.vmware.com/whatsnew/macsignupform.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoMzY Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I have signed up with two emails and still no mail, it says I have to wait until it goes public, anyone who have a direct link for DL? It ownes parallels i my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calmesal Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 http://www.vmware.com/whatsnew/macsignupform.html This is not a news! I have signed up fot more than two month ago, still no public beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 yeppers, fusion was just released a few hours ago. ~81mb and should be installed on my setup shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoMzY Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Is it possible for me to get a copy ? Doesn't have the patience to wait until it goes public :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Yeah, I'd also love to give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriX Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I've got a link PM Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtualball Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 The Green Demon is learning Nucleur "Fusion" now. (Yeah, I know it sucked but you get the point) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velayo Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Got it from the green demon and it doesn't work. I can't install anything or start pre installed machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I was able to install it on my Hack with Pacifist. I can create a new VM, but when I try to start it up, i just get a white screen. See the pic. Could there be some sort of check that vmware has to see if you're using a real Mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I tried to boot the osx86 dvd(10.4.8) in osx86(10.4.8 kernel) and it kernel panicked my iHack. The VM turned on just fine though. :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 Does Fusion co-exist with Parallels? Don't want to blow up my hole machine or the Parallels installation by installing the beta. --Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seebaru Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I, too, get a kernel panic as Fusion nears the end of the install. After restarting, I'm able to launch Fusion and appear to be able to create a new VM. However, the VM creation wizard never reaches the settings screen (pressing "Continue" instead of "Finish"), and instead launches this new VM to a blank white screen. The toolbar of the new VM window contains a single, left-aligned tool (expand to fullscreen), which I reckon is a symptom of the partial install. Meanwhile, there are no options available from any menu for changing VM settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menno Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I have downloaded it, and booted up the installation of mandriva 2007 powerpack. I won't install it, because i have no need of a linux install . This is on my Hackintosh. http://www.terlaak.name/vmware.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 The vmware installation gave me an error. But suprisingly the app started and right now I'm installing xp from a disk image. It runs very fast und everything looks good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velayo Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Urig & Menno: where did you guys got the app from? I got mine from the green demon it might be that the uploaded version on the demon is f-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I got mine from demon too. As I said, installation finished with an error message "This application could not be installed" or simliar. But it runs and my fresh xp installation is nearly finished. I hope OS X will still reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menno Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I've got it from the green demon. Search for vmware fusion and then take the latest torrent with the build nummer. Cheers // by the way: installation dind't give me any erros. Everything works right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velayo Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Menno and Urig both your processor support VT-X? That might be the problem it is probably trying to use those instructions. I eliminated the installation scripts and the postflight and got it to install without problems. But I still get to the same point the virtual machines will not start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 My cpu does not have VT-X (see signature). VMWare runs slower than parallels. But it has still debugging code and it is a beta! I'm still trying to install vmware tools, though. Maybe it's getting faster then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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