VMware Fusion - 4.0 Quick Start Manual

Getting Started with VMware Fusion

2008–2011

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VMware Fusion for Mac OS X

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Contents

Introduction 5

Definition of a Virtual Machine 5

What You Can Do with VMware Fusion 5

System Requirements for VMware Fusion 6

Install VMware Fusion 7

Upgrade VMware Fusion 8

Start VMware Fusion 9

Getting Up and Running 9

Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install 9

Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition 11

Migrate an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine 13

Import an Existing Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0 Virtual

Machine 13

Supported Guest Operating Systems 13

Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine 14

Suspend a Virtual Machine 15

VMware Fusion Resources 15

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Getting Started with VMware Fusion

Introduction

With VMware Fusion™, you can run personal computer (PC) applications and
devices on your Intel-based Mac. Designed for the Mac user, VMware Fusion
takes advantage of the security, flexibility, and portability of virtual machines to
run Windows and other x86 operating systems at the same time as Mac OS X.

Definition of a Virtual Machine

A virtual machine is a software file that behaves just as a physical computer
does. A virtual machine contains a display, a hard disk, one or more processors,
memory, and all the other hardware that goes into a typical physical machine,
but all of the components are virtualized. That is, these elements of a virtual
machine are all created by software and stored in files on your Mac.

The virtual machine runs in a window on your Mac. You install an operating
system and applications in the virtual machine and operate it as you would
a physical computer.

The Mac that you run a virtual machine on is called a host. In this context, the
virtual machine is called a guest.

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What You Can Do with VMware Fusion

With VMware Fusion, Mac users can:

 Run Windows and Linux applications on a Mac. You can run your

favorite applications at the same time as Mac applications using virtual
machines running Windows and Linux operating systems, without
rebooting your Mac.

 Create virtual machines. The New Virtual Machine Assistant guides

you through the process of creating a virtual machine, including
Windows Easy Install and Linux Easy Install.

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