VMware Fusion is a good fit for individual users and enterprise users who are willing to pay for a license. There are free alternatives like VirtualBox for those who need basic functionality without a license requirement.
Network Engineer at a government with 501-1,000 employees
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2020-11-26T04:01:30Z
Nov 26, 2020
Apple is now going for its own chips. They are not going to use Intel chips anymore, and right now, both Parallels and Fusion aren't ready to do that because that chip is an ARM thing, so they can't do Windows on the new Mac mini M1s till they get that straightened out. If you have got an Intel Mac, you're good. My advice right now would be to download it for free. Use that instead of a VirtualBox or some of the other free stuff because it is more flexible than other solutions. There is support. There are tons of message boards and a lot of stuff out there about this solution. I would rate VMware Fusion an eight out of ten.
What is a virtual desktop? A virtual desktop separates the desktop environment from the physical computer or device by using virtualization technology. This allows users to access their virtual desktops remotely using any connected endpoint device.
Virtual desktops infrastructures (VDI) can be hosted in virtual machines (VM) in a central server, or hosted in the cloud through a Desktop as a Service (DaaS) offering. Users can access the virtual operating system, applications, and data...
VMware Fusion is a good fit for individual users and enterprise users who are willing to pay for a license. There are free alternatives like VirtualBox for those who need basic functionality without a license requirement.
Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
VMware Fusion works stable for virtualization on a desktop. I rate it a ten out of ten.
I rate the solution as an eight. It is a robust and stable software if you want to deploy it on Mac infrastructure.
I would recommend that they be familiar with a Windows server and Linux. I would rate VMware Fusion a ten out of ten.
Apple is now going for its own chips. They are not going to use Intel chips anymore, and right now, both Parallels and Fusion aren't ready to do that because that chip is an ARM thing, so they can't do Windows on the new Mac mini M1s till they get that straightened out. If you have got an Intel Mac, you're good. My advice right now would be to download it for free. Use that instead of a VirtualBox or some of the other free stuff because it is more flexible than other solutions. There is support. There are tons of message boards and a lot of stuff out there about this solution. I would rate VMware Fusion an eight out of ten.