Rental Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Having scratched the i3 build for an i5/P55 UD2 based one I have another question before I proceed. How reliable is VMWare Fusion 3 on a hack install? One of my primary motivations is to be able to code XCode and Visual Studio on the same Desktop PC. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206969-fusion-on-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwillett Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Having scratched the i3 build for an i5/P55 UD2 based one I have another question before I proceed. How reliable is VMWare Fusion 3 on a hack install? One of my primary motivations is to be able to code XCode and Visual Studio on the same Desktop PC. I use VMWare Fusion V3 to run Windows XP <spit> to run VMWare Client for managing VMWare Esxi servers. I also use it to run 64 bit Centos 5.3. I did try and run Snow Leopard Server on it, but that didn't work very well. All the other instances work well. I liked the Unity feature at the start but prefer to run full screen. No issues from me. You can always download the trial version and try it out. Rob. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206969-fusion-on-osx86/#findComment-1383439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rental Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 I use VMWare Fusion V3 to run Windows XP <spit> to run VMWare Client for managing VMWare Esxi servers. I also use it to run 64 bit Centos 5.3. I did try and run Snow Leopard Server on it, but that didn't work very well. All the other instances work well. I liked the Unity feature at the start but prefer to run full screen. No issues from me. You can always download the trial version and try it out. Rob. Cheers Rob. I have the trial currently on my MacBook and it has run flawlessly so far in 4GB. Struggled in 2GB. I was just worried the visualisation might struggle under a hacked OSx install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206969-fusion-on-osx86/#findComment-1383562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 It also works perfectly for me. I run XP, couple flavors of Linux, Snow Leopard Server and a few other odds and ends. I was just worried the visualisation might struggle under a hacked OSx install. Thats why you keep it as vanilla or retail as possible. As long as you aren't using one of these hacked up "distro" like versions of OS X (iPC, iAtkos, Kalyway and etc) with modified kernels you should be ok. The closer you can keep your install to be like a retail Mac, the better off you are. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206969-fusion-on-osx86/#findComment-1383603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Fusion works great for me also. (Linux, various flavors of Windows.) Also, a heads up for anyone who wants a free virtual solution that works very well and is almost as feature packed as Fusion, give VirtualBox a try. I tried it when I first moved up to Snow Leopard and Fusion hadn't been updated yet, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it stacks up amazingly well for freeware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206969-fusion-on-osx86/#findComment-1384164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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