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VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta Released
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 11:51 PM EST
Posted by: Brian
VMware has announced the release of the Fusion 1.1 Beta. VMware Fusion is a desktop application that lets you create and run virtual machines on your Intel-based Mac. According to the company, "If you have already purchased VMware Fusion 1.0, your existing serial number will work with VMware Fusion 1.1. It will automatically be displayed in the VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta installer. If you have not purchased VMware Fusion 1.0, you can use the temporary serial number on the download page."
The VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta includes the following new features and bug fixes:
 New experimental support for DirectX 9.0 3-D graphics
Improved USB support for syncing the iPhone in Microsoft Windows virtual machines
Improvements to Unity, including:
- Option to show or hide the Windows taskbar and Start menu in the View menu
- VMware Fusion "Launch Applications" window no longer appears automatically when no Unity windows are open
- Improved support for Windows Vista 32- and 64-bit editions
- Improved support for Windows XP 64-bit edition
Improved Boot Camp partition detection to work around issue in which the partition type is incorrectly set
Eject key now automatically ejects the optical drive, even if the optical drive is attached to a virtual machine
Improved support for running on Mac OS X Leopard hosts
VMware Shared Folders created with Windows Easy Install now default to "Read Only" access of the Mac's home directory for maximum security
Option to hide the VMware Fusion status bar to take advantage of more screen real estate
More obvious status bar indication that VMware Tools are not installed or are out of date
More obvious indication that virtual machines must be first powered off in order to change most virtual hardware settings
Fixed issue in which "Airport" process sometimes takes up to 100% CPU utilization when VMware Fusion is installed
Mouse scroll wheel scrolling performance in Unity has been improved
Suspending/resuming virtual machines no longer causes hang when FileVault is enabled
Unplugging a USB volume that contains the virtual machine no longer causes kernel panic
VMware Fusion no longer switches out of full screen mode when switching between applications, when the screen saver kicks in, or when opening and closing the lid of a MacBook/MacBook Pro
Windows Easy Install now works correctly when no password is set for Microsoft Vista guests.
Logitech Control Center Caps Lock notification no longer changes when you move in and out of virtual machine windows
Date and time stamps are now preserved when dragging and dropping files between virtual machines and the Mac
Device menus now appear correctly on Mac OS X Leopard hosts
Support Information Script now available from the Help menu
The VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta requires an Intel-based Mac with Mac OS X 10.4 or later. The download weighs in at 170MB.
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