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VIRTUALISATION VMware's Fusion 2.0 boosts Windows and Linux integration with Mac OS X
VIRTUALISATION VMware's Fusion 2.0 boosts Windows and Linux integration with Mac OS X | VMware's Fusion 2.0 boosts Windows and Linux integration with Mac OS X |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Friday, 01 August 2008 | |
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Mac-Windows integration is handled by Fusion's 'Unity' technology. Unity 2.0 allows Windows filetypes and URLs to be associated with Mac applications and vice versa, automatic mapping of special folders (eg Windows' My Documents is the same as Mac OS X's Documents), and keyboard mapping (eg so that command-S maps to control-S in Windows, and to set up equivalents for Windows keys that don't appear on the standard Mac keyboard). Previously, Fusion allowed one snapshot of each virtual machine. A snapshot is a complete backup of the state of a virtual machine at a point in time. So to completely remove all traces of a program after testing, you could take a snapshot, install and test the program, then restore the snapshot. Fusion 2.0 provides for the management of multiple snapshots, and its AutoProtect feature automatically takes snapshots at half-hourly, hourly or daily intervals in case of a disaster. Keen on gaming or video downloads? Please read on. |
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