VMWare Fusion 2 November 2008 Update
Mon 8 Dec 2008Filed Under: Apple Computers, Computers, VMware Fusion | Comments Off on VMWare Fusion 2 November 2008 Update
My day to day experience of Fusion has been mixed this month.
Version 2 while having quite a few new features for managing the virtual machine’s system settings and program graphics seems to be sluggish in performance and at one time hung – compared to the last version. I haven’t installed any new software on the machine so it seems like a bug of some sort.
There is a newer version (2.0.1) that has been released but I haven’t tried it yet. So next update I’ll probably have something further to say about it.
VMware Fusion 2 September 2008 Update
Sun 28 Sep 2008Filed Under: Apple Computers, Computers, VMware Fusion | Comments Off on VMware Fusion 2 September 2008 Update
It’s been awhile since I posted an update. Simply very busy with real world duties.
Anyway VMware has just release a significant update to Fusion for the Mac OSX and I’ve just done the update. The version 2 update is free for version 1 owners like myself! So has made any difference?
Yes but at a cost. It takes longer to boot the virtual versions BUT the additional functionality would appear to be worth it. For example it can access your vitrual files without the operating system running.
Another thing I worked out was the error I was having with Microsoft Frontpage 2003! I still use the old program because it sorts out my file renaming and sorts out which files have been updated and so forth. However I use it as my FTP program rather than Frontpage extensions. The error used to occur after uploading a few files on the remote server. Very annoying.
The Frontpage error message was ‘500 won’t open a connection to 192.168.0.169 (only to xx.xxx.xxx.x) 500 unknown command’. The solution was to tick the use ‘Passive FTP box’.
So if you’re still using Frontpage for what ever reason through the virtual XP this may solve your problems.
VMWare Fusion May 2008 Update
Wed 4 Jun 2008Filed Under: Apple Computers, Computers, VMware Fusion, Windows Mobile 6 | Comments Off on VMWare Fusion May 2008 Update
A late update for my on going experience with VMWare Fusion on my Macbook this time. You see everything is going well so I didn’t feel the need to write anything interesting – which is good.
However during May I was forced to install Microsoft’s ActiveSync, needless to say that this piece of software is still not working properly. Sure combined with Outlook and the Windows Mobile 6 PDA and smartphone – all run the basic software bundle you’d expect stability? Well the answer is no the whole thing is still unstable. Duplicated the set up on the Vista PC and the same results. Very disappointing.
The problem is not Fusion issue because all the settings where simply standard – nothing fancy no proxies or weird connections or software.