Comments on: Parallels 4 vs. VMware Fusion 2

By: Wyatt Walter

Wyatt Walter — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:38:45 +0000

Thanks Pete! I didn’t get prompted by VMware to update so I never thought to check.. I updated the article. It worked great after the upgrade.

By: Peter Kazanjyj

Peter Kazanjyj — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:17:19 +0000

No, 8.10 shipped after we did. However, should work now that VMware Fusion 2.0.1 has shipped.

Check it out!

By: Wyatt Walter

Wyatt Walter — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:32:24 +0000

Actually, I did notice that. However, when I clicked on View -> Unity the window went away and my open applications were no where to be found. I just assumed that it wasn’t supported in Linux and didn’t pursue it any further.. Is this option supported on Ubuntu 8.10?

By: Peter Kazanjy

Peter Kazanjy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:19:20 +0000

Did you notice that VMware Fusion 2 has Unity support for Ubuntu and Red Hat VMs? This is definitely a place where we have a big step up on Parallels.

So if you want to run Linux apps, and have them appear just like Mac OS X apps, like minimizing them to the dock, saving them in the dock, etc., you can do so with Vmware Fusion 2.

~Pete Kazanjy
VMware Fusion, Product Marketing