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Running OS X in VMware Fusion: Continues to Require Lion for Guest

Running OS X in VMware Fusion: Continues to Require Lion for Guest

Posted by | Nov 22, 2011 | |

This past week, VMware Released a new version of VMware Fusion 4.1, which among other things reportedly included some significant speed enhancements to Internet Explorer 9.

One thing that was revealed is that you could run earlier versions of Mac OS X as a client under 4.1 (this was not previously possible with version 4.0.1). Given the licensing, we were incredibly surprised (although delighted) to see this. Unfortunately, while incredibly useful for developers wanting to test on multiple versions, this turns out to be an oversight.

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MacTech Labs: Virtualization Benchmarks, Fall 2011

MacTech Labs: Virtualization Benchmarks, Fall 2011

Posted by | Nov 1, 2011 | , |

MacTech Labs: Virtualization Benchmarks


Head-to-Head: How do VMware Fusion 4 and Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac compare?

By Neil Ticktin, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher

Why Virtualization?

In 2005, Apple announced the switch of the Mac platform from PowerPC to Intel processors (the first Intel-based models were available in early 2006). This introduced some interesting opportunities for the Mac, including the ability to run operating systems other than Mac OS X on a Mac.

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Steve Jobs Passes Away

Steve Jobs Passes Away

Posted by | Oct 6, 2011 | |

Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors:

We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

From all of us at MacTech/MacNews: Our hearts and sympathy go out to the family, and to the community at large.

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VMware Fusion 4 Ships

VMware Fusion 4 Ships

Posted by | Sep 14, 2011 | |

The long awaited VMware Fusion 4 ships today. VMware promises the new version to not only be faster but have a variety of new features that support Mac OS X Lion.

It’s available now at http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/fusion-for-mac for a promotional price of US$49.99 through the end of 2011 (normally $79.99).

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