The user interface of VMware Fusion is excellent. It's also extremely CPU intensive so it will sap your battery energy in no time. A minimum of 2GB RAM is recommended for it to run smoothly and, if you're intending on running several other applications at once with it, preferably 4GB. Advertisement (function() ) įirstly, you're going to have to make sure you've got a lot of RAM installed because VMware Fusion is very demanding.
Gamers may be attracted to using VMware Fusion but should note that it won't perform as well as Bootcamp because Bootcamp allocates all of your RAM and CPU to Windows (or whatever other OS you might be using) while VMware Fusion only hosts it within OS X. But even for general users, the ability to access Windows for using certain Windows only applications or to play games is invaluable. But you need a virtual environment to do so and the choice usually comes down to either Parallels or VMware Fusion.įor developers this ability is absolutely essential, allowing you to run Windows and other operating systems all at the same time. The ability to run Windows on Macs has massively increased the reach and popularity of Apple computers.
