VMware releases second version of virtual environment for Mac

23rd September 2008

A well-known manufacturer of programs for creating the virtual environment VMware has announced releasing the second version of the program Fusion for Mac OS X. Like the program Parallels, VMware Fusion provides an opportunity to run under Mac different operating systems, including Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris without rebooting. The price for VMware Fusion has not changed and remained $80. Users of the first version can update for free.
Fusion from VMware allows users to run 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems under Mac OS X. Support of multiprocessor systems, allows the use of multiple processors for virtual machines, thus increasing performance.
Among other features of Fusion there is support of USB 2.0, Bluetooth, DirectX 9.0c, using devices for which there are no special drivers under Mac. Fusion also supports transferring files between primary and virtual systems using drag-and-drop.
The second version has over a hundred improvements. Among them being new opportunities for shared using files and folders, improved tools to ensure safety and compatibility between Mac OS X and Windows.