New features in VMware Fusion are presented in this video from VMware. The Fusion 5 has been designed for Mountain Lion. Faster UI, better battery life (up to 40%), drag-and-drop for organizing VMs. Together with USB 3.0 support and optimizations for Windows 8, the new VMware Fusion 5 is also built for the new high resolution Retina displays.
The latest update of Fusion, the 5.0.2 release, has fixed several issues :
- USB 3.0 stability improvements.
- Graphics improvements when running the Microsoft Office 2013 preview.
- Fixed an issue that caused the library and the Fusion start menu contents to get out of sync.
- Fixed an issue that caused Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) guests to see stale directory information when using HGFS.
- Fixed a multi-monitor behavior on Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) when Use All Displays in Full Screen is selected.
- Fixed an issue that caused the full screen short-cut key to intermittently fail when Caps Lock was on.
- Easy Install improvements for Microsoft Windows 8.
- Fixed key repeat behavior (typematic) on certain versions of Mac OS X (Mountain Lion).
- Fixed an intermittent problem that caused Fusion to quit when the network editor was opened.
- Fixed cancelling of the import of OVF virtual machines.
- Addressed graphics issues with Autodesk Inventor, Altium Designer, and Solidworks.
- Fixed an issue installing on Macs with a user or group named “0”.
- Fixed error compiling HGFS on Linux 3.6 kernels.
- Changed the selection color in the library icon view.
- Renamed the Pause key menu item to aid with accessibility and automation.
- Fixed an issue importing a Parallels virtual machine that has no network devices.
- Resolved an issue that caused the PC Migration Assistant to not complete when migrating a Windows PC.
Other enhancements in VMware Fusion 5:
- saving entire VM's state in one click.
- rebooting or resuming Windows VM up to 40 % faster.
- support for 3D Linux desktops
- in v 5.0 there has been added also support for virtualizing Windows 8 (all Intel versions), VMware ESXi 5, Ubuntu 12.04, Fedora 17 and Windows Server 2012
VMware Fusion 5 has been revamped to take advantage of new technologies only available in Mountain Lion, Windows 8 and the latest Macs to deliver a Windows on Mac experience never seen before. VMware Fusion 5 comes loaded with more than 70 new features including better performance, faster graphics and an enhanced UI geared for productivity.
You can download trial version of VMware Fusion 5 from VMware Website.
Source: VMware
