VMware Fusion Pro Reviews

I use VMware Fusion Pro to build test machines and evaluate various software. As a system administrator, I constantly create machines to test updates and write scripts. It's instrumental for me to build a complete patching repository.

The primary advantage of VMware Fusion Pro is its simplicity in creating custom virtual machines. It allows quick construction and provides connectivity to full VMware server systems, enabling remote management. It facilitates downloading images from main VMware servers for local testing. The ability to construct a virtual environment on my laptop meets my needs, even ones I wasn't aware of.

I use VMware Fusion to do virtualization for another product called Cisco Modeling Labs. To install that, I needed a hypervisor, a solution that can virtualize, and that's why I use VMware Fusion.

The most important feature of VMware Fusion is that it helps me rapidly launch a new OS. I can simulate the network from my machine, which allows us to test labs using VMware Fusion.

The solution helps us install multiple operating systems on a single machine.

The solution's snapshot feature best captures the machine's current state. Also, its cloning feature allows us to create clones of a single virtual machine. Both features help us with machine backup.

We use VMware Fusion Pro and VMware Workstation on our desktops and laptops. Our employees, particularly developers, use it on their Macs and PCs.

It saves us from needing to use separate PCs, leading to significant cost savings on hardware and improved flexibility, especially for testing and product demonstrations.

We're on Windows VM. We use it to run Windows machines on Mac. We are using the latest version.

It allows us to use pieces of equipment other than the Mac equipment in order to do our job. There are certain things that I can do on a Mac that I can't do on a Windows PC. I am able to support many Mac users with it.

I used to use a Windows desktop, and now I use a Mac desktop with a Windows VM on it. I like to have a backup. When I shut something down, and as long as I remember to get rid of the snapshots first, I can copy it and run it anywhere, which is not possible on a pure Windows desktop. You have to back it up or clone it. If I shut down the Windows VM and make a clone of the disk on the Mac, I can go somewhere else. I'll just boot the Mac from that. I've been able to do stuff that used to be on my desktop at work. When the hard drive failed on that, I'd already made a clone on it, so I was able to boot up under the Mac. It is not a capability of VMware Fusion. It is the capability of the Mac and the Mac OS. However, because I use VMware Fusion to run the Windows OS inside the Mac OS, I survived a hard drive crash. I was able to just go over to Mac and have an SSD on the outside using a Thunderbolt cable. I could just write to that disk. When I was done, I shut it down and brought it into work. I had the exact same desktop back and forth.

The product is easy to use and has a simple user interface.

VMware Fusion's licensing cost needs improvement.

We use VMware Fusion for networking servers, virtual servers, supporting internet web pages, and general virtual machine maintenance.

The most value that it provides is that it is versatile. It is easy to use.

I haven't run into anything that has caused me any problems. For the time being, it runs pretty well.

Updates are timely.

We use the solution for testing on my Apple laptop.

Fusion is the leading product for workstation knowledge.