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Note To verify that you have installed.It's a rare year that sees updates to both OS X and Windows, but 2012 marks such an occasion. 5.Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1 (14.1.0): You can download this update for free from the Microsoft Web Site. Personalize and select a preferred location for the virtual machine and click Next. Yes, youвЂ™re right, select Apple Mac OS X and OS version then hit Next. On this page, select I will install the operating system later and click Next.

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You just had to tell Fusion you were running Windows 7 or OS X Lion, respectively. The big selling point is support for Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion VMs, but Fusion 4 also supported these OSes as VMs. Note that both VMware and Parallels offer enterprise editions that provide the kind of policy management of Windows VMs that IT often imposes on actual Windows PCs.First, there's very little useful in the new version - certainly nothing that justifies the $50 upgrade cost. New Fusion licenses also run $50, while new Parallels licenses cost $80. Both cost $50 for an upgrade from a recent version.

Some shortcuts add Shift if there's an existing Mac shortcut that would conflict, while others do not it's a guessing game as to whether to hold Shift (and holding Shift when it's not required doesn't work). In Fusion, you use Command-Shift-C for the charms bar and Command-D for the Windows Desktop. For example, on a PC, Windows-C opens the charms bar and Windows-D switches to the Windows Desktop. I saw no differences running OS X Mountain Lion, and for Windows 8, all I got was a few Windows 8-specific shortcut keys such as to open the charms bar or switch to the Windows Desktop.The shortcuts are not consistent, so using them is more hassle than just sticking to the mouse.

I have no such hardware to test whether this feature works as advertised, but this capability might be handy in Windows-dominated workplaces that use Windows-only peripherals - which I suspect is a small number.Oddly, the $50 upgrade nets you Fusion 5 Professional - there is no upgrade to the standard edition. However, these are minor conveniences not worth $50.Fusion 5 promises to run some Windows-only USB and Bluetooth hardware not supported by the Mac and to make them accessible to the OS X host. What you can't do is use the pinch and expand gestures, the rotate gestures, or any of the other gestures that the Apple hardware is designed for (and that work in OS X Mountain Lion) and that Windows 8 supports.As an application, Fusion 5 works with a few native OS X Mountain Lion features, such as better supporting Launchpad for access to Windows applications and passing notifications in the guest OS to Mountain Lion's new Notifications Center. Sure, you can perform mouse actions on a Magic Trackpad, Magic Mouse, or built-in MacBook trackpad, but Fusion 4 allowed the same.

It's a nice, consistent approach, unlike as is the case in VMware Fusion. For most such shortcuts, press Command-Option on the Mac where Windows expects the Windows key. As OS X gets savvier about touch support, more Mac users will use touch gestures on their Macs, so it's natural to expect them to also work in a Windows 8 VM.Parallels Desktop also offers a consistent way to access Windows 8's new shortcuts that require the Windows key. Gestures such as pinch and expand are especially convenient in the Metro environment, and the forthcoming Office 2013 works with gestures beyond what Metro uses, such as rotation. If you come across one of the dwindling number of websites that use ActiveX or other Windows-only features, you can easily open it in IE via Windows.Perhaps the most useful new capability in Parallels Desktop 8 is support for Windows 8's gestures via MacBooks' built-in trackpads and Apple's optional Magic Trackpad (but not the Magic Mouse, given limitations in the Apple hardware).

If Windows 8 is not in your Mac's future, keep what you have. But if you have the previous versions, you likely won't need to upgrade to either.If you plan to run Windows 8 extensively, my choice is Parallels Desktop 8 because it supports Windows 8 a tad better. If you buy Parallels Desktop, I suggest you flag avanquest.com as a spam domain in your email server or client.Fusion 5 versus Parallels Desktop 8: Making the choice At the end of the day, there's slightly more to justify upgrading to Parallels Desktop 8 than there is to Fusion 5. I've tried for years to opt out and finally had to block them at the ISP level. Parallels Desktop 8's update price should be no more than $15.Another reason I hesitate to recommend Parallels is that the company mercilessly spams customers (through its partner Avanquest) with emails selling upgrades and other products. It's basically the same as running Google's Android emulator on your Mac via Terminal, so I'm not sure why you'd run it in a VM instead.All in all, why Parallels charges $50 is beyond me - as in the case of VMware Fusion 5, it's an unconscionable price.

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What To Download With Vmware Fusion 8.0 (For Mac Os X) Microsoft