- Vmware fusion 7 discontinued for mac#
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For one example, Roy said that GTK (a toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces that are used by many Linux desktops) changes quickly and is hard to keep up with.
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Unity is “a very expensive feature in terms of the engineering cost to develop,” Roy said. (Unity still works for Windows guests running on a Windows host and for Windows guests running on Mac hosts with Fusion.) It also means that virtualized Linux applications cannot run in their own windows. The removal of this feature means that Linux desktop users cannot run virtualized Windows applications in their own windows. Unity lets applications in guest operating systems run in their own windows, as if they weren’t in a separate operating system at all. For example, Workstation 12 last year removed the Unity view for Linux host and guest operating systems.
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VMware has had to make other compromises to save money. He said it’s "hard to say" whether staffing levels contributed to the lack of performance improvements in Fusion 8.5, but he said the team is working on performance improvements for future versions. The Workstation improvements are related to DirectX on Windows hosts, which is why they didn’t come to the Mac-only Fusion, Roy said. While VMware said Workstation 12.5 has performance improvements over version 12, the company did not promise any performance improvements for the new version of Fusion. ( UPDATE: We have since been informed that only three developers out of about 20 moved into platform work after the layoffs.)įusion and Workstation won’t necessarily progress at the same pace, even though they share back-end technology. AdvertisementĪ lot of developers who formerly worked in UI have “moved further down the stack into the platform,” working on code that’s shared across VMware products, Roy said. Workstation 12 Pro costs $250, or $150 for users upgrading from Workstation 7 (released in October 2009) or higher. The company is also extending reduced pricing to older versions of the software. While you'll have to be a Fusion 8 or Workstation 12 customer to qualify for a free upgrade, VMware pricing will remain the same. Fusion will also get tabbed virtual machine windows so you can have multiple VMs in a single window, just like with Workstation.
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Workstation will get bug fixes and performance improvements, while Fusion will get bug fixes and Siri integration. The new VMware software will be available September 8. Fusion will support macOS Sierra hosts and guests. Both will have support for the Windows 10 Anniversary edition and Windows Server 2016.
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“We hear that loud and clear,” Roy told Ars.Īs a result, VMware is releasing Fusion 8.5 for Mac and Workstation Pro 12.5 for Windows and Linux as free upgrades for users of versions 8 and 12, respectively.
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Customers say, “ah, geez, you’re going to charge me to upgrade every year because you added OS support," according to VMware Product Line Marketing Manager Michael Roy. VMware has heard complaints from customers about the yearly paid upgrades.
Vmware fusion 7 discontinued for windows 10#
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