맥용 버츄어머신을 만드는 또하나의 회사 VMWare에서 Fusion beta2를 발표했습니다.

What's New in Beta 2

New and Improved Features in Beta 2

This Beta 2 release of VMware Fusion for Mac includes the following new features and feature improvements:

  • Experimental 3-D graphics support — Play a selection of DirectX 8.1 games in Windows XP Service Pack 2 virtual machines.
  • Snapshot feature — Roll back your virtual machine to a known good state when something goes wrong in your virtual machine—for example, when your virtual machine picks up a virus, or when a software upgrade causes problems.
  • Improved networking — Automatically bridge to the computer’s primary network interface.
    Full support for Airport wireless networking, including virtual machines behind a NAT firewall and bridged to the local Airport network.
    Support for up to ten virtual network interfaces
  • Improved Microsoft Vista support — Support for Microsoft Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions.
    Complete VMware Tools support for Microsoft Vista including copy/paste, dragging and dropping files, shared folders, and screen resizing.
  • Improved hardware editor — Add additional virtual hard drives to a virtual machine for needed capacity.
    View the physical computer's battery status in the virtual machine.
  • Improved full screen mode — Support for plugging and unplugging displays while virtual machines are in full screen mode.
    Improved usability: an on-screen tip shows how to enter and exit full screen mode easily.
  • Experimental support for Mac OS X Leopard — You can now install and run VMware Fusion on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Support is experimental because Mac OS X 10.5 is not yet released. Fusion will support the release version of OS X 10.5 in the final VMware Fusion release.

Bugs Fixed in Beta 2

This Beta 2 release of VMware Fusion for Mac includes the following improvements and bug fixes:

  • Improved keyboard and mouse support — Third-party graphics tablets, keyboards, and mice no longer interfere with keyboard and mouse input.
    Support for plugging and unplugging input devices while virtual machines are running
  • Improved CD/DVD support
  • Better support for mounting and unmounting discs in virtual machines
  • Quicken Scheduler corrupts keyboard and mouse input in virtual machines — Offer workaround to disable Quicken Scheduler when it is detected.

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