We’ve been holding in the surprise for some time now but on the keynote stage today at VMworld, Sanjay Poonan, EVP of our End user Computing business unit where Fusion and Workstation are situated, pulled the covers back and revealed the details about our big annual release.
This year we are delivering Fusion 8.5 and Fusion 8.5 Pro, and the big surprise is this: It’s a free upgrade for all current-version customers. So, if you’re on Fusion 8.1.1, you’re going to be able to upgrade to the latest Fusion with full support for macOS Sierra and Windows 10 Anniversary edition, for free. We’ll also be adding Windows Server 2016 support when it comes available.
Oct 09, 2017.
Download VMware Fusion 8.5.2 (for Mac OS X) Select Version: Description: VMware Fusion 8.5.2: Documentation: Release Notes; Release Date: 2016-11-13: Type: Product Binaries Product Resources View My Download History; Product Info; Documentation; Community; Product Downloads; Drivers & Tools; Open Source; Custom ISOs & Addons. VMware Fusion delivers a secure and powerful desktop sandbox for running Windows or other operating systems on the Mac without rebooting. Use at home to run Windows DX11 games or for learning with a Personal License, or use Fusion Player to separate Work from Home life with a commercial license. Just like VMware Workstation and Player, VMware Fusion is a virtual machine app in Mac. There are two versions of it, a free and pro which is a paid version. While it’s works perfectly fine for running Windows on Mac which it offers, but beside it, it will also work for installing and running macOS on it.
The release includes support for some interesting macOS Sierra features, including Tabs and Siri support.
This is an exciting release for us because it marks the first time that we have provided a yearly update for no additional cost to current-version customers. We’ve been holding the surprise in for some time, so we’re very excited to finally share this with the world.
We’ve also changed how users can upgrade to the latest release. Users are eligible for upgrade pricing going back to Fusion 4. So, if you have an old Fusion license and haven’t upgraded in a few years, there’s never been a better time.
Tabs! With macOS Sierra, you can now bring all those VM’s into a single window
This also marks the release of VMware Workstation 12.5 Pro and Player editions, which you can read more about here. We expect all 4 products (Fusion, Fusion Pro, Workstation Pro and Workstation Player) to release mid-September.
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So if you’re still on Fusion 7 or older, you can upgrade to 8.1.1 today and know that we’ve got your back by making sure you’ll be able to run the latest and greatest from Microsoft and Apple!