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[ML] Anyone try Fusion 5 yet? Faster?

reply to skeechan
No plans to run Win8 anytime soon, will only upgrade if there is a nice performance bump or memory shrink.

reply to dellsweig
It's in the App Store? I don't see it. If it is, I'd get it from the App Store since there would then be no 'per seat' licensing.

reply to bbarrera
I only use my VM to run some old 16-bit DOS apps, but if the video performance is good, I'd toss Starfleet Command II on there.

reply to skeechan
Grrr, I just updated to Fusion 4 on 7/12. The free upgrade starts on 7/25. Grr.

In the immortal words of Nelson

reply to skeechan
Some discussion over here:
»communities.vmware.com/community···p/fusion

I saw a few comments that Fusion 5 was faster than 4.

I am planning on upgrading to rMBP in the near future, so I might go ahead and upgrade sooner rather than later for the Retina and USB3 support. If some positive reviews come regarding performance of Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04, then it will be a slam dunk to upgrade now and enjoy benefits before buying the rMBP.

I've upgraded ($50 from v4 to v5 Pro) and so far no problems but I haven't really done anything yet other than update the tools. The upgrade was super fast and Windows didn't require reactivation. Tomorrow I'll bring in my Starfleet Command CD and give it a whirl.

I'm interested in compiling benchmarks as I only push my Windows and Linux virtual machines with cross-compiles for embedded ARM/MIPS/PowerPC. My Windows compiles are fairly lightweight, longest is about 5-10 minutes for rebuilding a full set of reference board examples. The Linux kernel compiles and platform builds can take 20-180 minutes. Any noticeable performance gains would convince me to upgrade.

reply to skeechan
It does feel snappier on a VM with 1 cpu and 2gb of memory on a Late 2011 13in macbook running an i5. My windows experience score jumped from 4.3 to 4.7. Much of it due to 3D business graphics.

Startup and shutdown defiantly feels faster for both actual shutdowns and suspended VM's. They also claim battery life is improved when running a VM. (Will have to see on this over time)

What I noticed is startups and shutdowns with my XP VM are WAY quicker.

I just upgraded and all my VM's seem snappier.

reply to skeechan
I upgraded to Fusion 4 after I installed Mountain Lion on August 5th. I guess I will receive my free Fusion 5 upgrade key via e-mail before Set. 30th.
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

reply to skeechan
went out and bought it -- even though its brand new.
aside from vmware portal puking all over itself, the install was painless. interface is a lot more intuitive and robust. feels as if its teh snappier. suspend seemed quicker. battery life was a little better (running win7_32). i'll have to put it through its paces when i'm doing some heavier work.

i feel its worth the upgrade -- but i live inside of vmware (fusion on the mac, workstation on my linux machine).

q.
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"...if I in my north room dance naked, grotesquely before my mirror waving my shirt round my head and singing softly to myself..."

reply to vukodlak75
Been playing the well fermented Star Trek Starfleet Command 2 at 1280x1024 and it runs great. Under 4 there was occasional stuttering so 5 is definitely quicker.

reply to skeechan
Not to get out of subject, but I guess everyone here chose VMware over Parallels ? I am still trying to find a good comparison thats up to date with both to decide even though I am leaning more towards vmware.

Once Parallels 8 is rolled out, Mactech will benchmark them. Traditionally Parallels has been faster in most of the benchmarks. I prefer VMWare because I get more reliable printing support (parallels frequently tried to print outside the margins, cutting off the left edge of stuff I'm printing).

Parallels is almost as fast as bootcamp for gaming.

When I mean almost I mean very very close in performance. Like 95-99% close.

reply to RobNyc