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VMware Fusion 3: System Requirements

VERSION 3 Published

Created on: Oct 22, 2009 3:50 PM by NehaDiggs - Last Modified:  Oct 26, 2009 8:16 PM by Pat Lee

Minimum System Requirements for VMware Fusion 3

  • Any Intel® Mac.
  • Minimum 1GB of RAM (2GB RAM recommended)
  • 700MB free disk space for VMware Fusion and at least 5GB for each virtual machine
  • Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later; Mac OS X 10.6 or later
  • Operating system installation media (disk or disk image) for virtual machines

Note: Microsoft Windows Not Included

Recommended graphics hardware for Windows Aero support:
To experience Windows Aero 3D graphics, you will need the following graphics hardware:
  • ATI Radeon 2600 or better
  • NVIDIA GeForce 8600M or better

See list of VMware Fusion 3 Supported Operating Systems
See list of VMware Fusion 3 Features
Tags: vmware_fusion, vmware_fusion_for_mac, fusion3, fusion_3.0, fusion, vmwarefusion, fusion3_systemreqts
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Oct 27, 2009 10:22 AM pankajxmathur  says:

Is Aero supported on a MacBook with on-board Intel Display Adapter ?
I could not get aero to work on my MacBook with VMware Fusion.

Oct 27, 2009 4:33 PM ayeying  says: in response to: pankajxmathur

No, according to the requirements listed above, you need an ATi or nVidia card. Intel won't work.

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