VMware、VMware Fusionのβ２版を公開
米VMware が Intel Mac に対応した仮想化ソフト「VMware」の Mac OS X 版「VMware Fusion for Mac」のベータ２版を公開した。
VMware Fusion for Mac は、昨年８月に開催された Apple の開発者会議 World Wide Developers Conference （WWDC） において発表され、年末には最初のβ版をリリースしていた。そして今回、待望の DirectX 対応を含む、機能アップされたβ２版がついに公開された。
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.
VMware - Fusion Beta Program
VMware Fusion for Mac Release Notes
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