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http://news.com.com/VMware+Fusion+beta+for+Macs+goes+public/2100-1016_3-6146140.html.

The Fusion beta has support for Intel’s Virtualization Technology (Apple only uses Intel processors, not those from Advanced Micro Devices), can assign two CPUs to a virtual machine, can access USB 2 devices from within a virtual machine and offers support for isochronous devices like Webcams. A virtual battery feature passes notifications into the Windows virtual machine to indicate battery life even when running Windows in full-screen mode, says Krishnamurti.

So I’m a convert. I admit it, I have a mac.  I’m a windows server guy during the day confessing the vast benefits of a windows infrastructure (actually leaning a bit more to linux these days), but back in 2002 I switched to mac and my home pc life has been easier ever since (except for those people that make me run virtual pc or my thinkpad to read visio/project documents).

That’s why I’m very pleased to see fusion for mac, I’ve got virtual pc at the moment, and it works, but the extra functionality that fushion is set to bring looks like what I’ve been after for a long time.  Maybe my ageing thinkpad can be finally laid to rest..

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