And for those wondering, Workstation 12 Pro is available for $249.99 – but, if you own Workstation 10 or 11 Pro, you’ll be able to upgrade for $149.99.
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On the other hand, Workstation 12 Player is available for free for personal use, and commercial use will require users to buy the license which is available for $149.99.
Workstation 12 Player includes enhancements for OpenGL 3.3, DirectX 10, as well as IPv6 - just like Fusion 8.įusion 8 is available for $79.99 – however, Fusion 6 or 7 users are able to upgrade to the latest and greatest version of the software for $49.99. Additionally, it’ll also include support for IPv6.Īlongside Fusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro, VMWare also launched Workstation 12 Player and Workstation 12 Pro. Similarly, for disk allocation, we defaulted to the sizes set up by VMware Fusion (40GB) and allowed for expanding disks. In most cases, this was 512MB for Windows XP, and 1GB for Windows 7. It’s worth noting that the pro version (Fusion 8 Pro) will pack integration with Docker, Chef, Vagrant, and Project Photon. As a result, we let VMwares default guide the way, and set Parallels Desktop to the same as whatever VMware Fusion defaulted to. The company is also optimizing Fusion to work with better on devices like the 5K Retina iMac, which was released recently. According to VMWare, Fusion 8 offers “up to 65 percent faster graphics with DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3 support”. The company is releasing Fusion 8, which packs optimized graphics for Windows 10, support for Cortana, and more. VMWare is releasing a new update for VMware Fusion and Workstation to bring Windows 10, as well as some other performance improvements.