


It appears that the initial releases of Fusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro contain a bug affecting the software’s Unity mode. It’s worth reiterating that Fusion 8 brings support for Microsoft’s always-listening personal digital assistant called Cortana, which is kinda peculiar considering we’ve been holding out for the Mac edition of Siri for years now. Retina screens on the latest 12-inch MacBook notebook and the 27-inch 5K iMac all-in-one, in addition to the MacBook’s USB-C port and Force Touch trackpad, are supported as well.

Other changes include improved integration with VMware vSphere, the ability to connect to VMware vCloud Air, IPv6 support for both bridged networks and IPv6-to-IPv4 Network Address Translation (NAT) and enhanced support for non-Windows operating systems such as new Linux distributions.īoth Fusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro feature up to 65 percent graphics via reworked DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3 integration. Your virtual machines are now 64-bit and support up to sixteen virtual processors, 64 gigabytes of RAM and hard drives up to eight terabytes. Featuresįusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro now support USB 3.0 ports on your Mac and multiple monitors with different pixel densities. And if you’re a Parallels Desktop for Mac user, VMware will treat you to a cool forty percent discount on Fusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro.

The company said existing Fusion 6 or Fusion 7 customers can upgrade to Fusion 8 for $49.99 or Fusion 8 Pro for $119.99. VMware today released Fusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro with support for running Windows 10 with Cortana on OS X 10.11 El Capitan Macs.Ī virtualization solution, VMware allows you to run OS X and Windows 10 side-by-side as opposed to dual-booting between the two operating systems.įusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro also support native display resolution of the iMac with 5K Retina display, the USB-C port and Force Touch trackpad of Apple’s 12-inch MacBook and sport other enhancements.
