Update with subscription option

[IntergalacticWa]

I notice there is a 12-month subscription option for 20$ extra when upgrading to Fusion 3. Is it worth it at this point? Can we assume major releases within the next year?

[TalonFlyer]

If you want the subscription then wait as long as possible to upgrade.

You will notice in the release history listed below that major releases run an average of 57 weeks.

Some bonehead created a subscription option that at least for the first 6 to 8 weeks makes no sense at all.

So it's a gamble to pay an extra $20 to possible save $20. Better to skip the subscription or wait until January to upgrade,. Then the subscription will almost for sure pay off.

Version Released Notes

1.0 August 6, 2007 First release (following 4 betas)

1.1 November 12, 2007 Support for Leopard, Boot Camp, and improvements to DirectX support and Unity

1.1.1 January 24, 2008 Various bug fixes

1.1.2 April 23, 2008 Support for Time Machine and various bug fixes

1.1.3 May 30, 2008 Various bug fixes

2.0 September 12, 2008 Multiple Snapshots with AutoProtect, Improved Unity, DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D, and support for Mac OS X Server guests

2.0.1 November 14, 2008 Various bug fixes

2.0.2 February 11, 2009 Import from Parallels, supports Mac OS X Server 10.5.6 host, mounts dmg, supports Ubuntu 8.10 in Unity mode

2.0.3 April 2, 2009 Various bug fixes. Adds experimental support for Snow Leopard Developer Builds

2.0.4 April 9, 2009 Fixed Host code execution vulnerability

2.0.5 June 23, 2009 Support for Nehalem Mac Pro. Experimental support for OS X 10.6 as guest. Support for Ubuntu 9.04 as guest. Various Bug Fixes

2.0.6 October 01, 2009 Fixed issues when running on Snow Leopard. Fixed issues with NVidia graphics cards on OS X 10.6. Various Bug Fixes

3.0 October 27, 2009 Added support for Windows 7 with Aero. Full 64-bit compatibility with OS X 10.6 host and guest. DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3 3D. WDDM-compatible display driver.

[WoodyZ]

I notice there is a 12-month subscription option for 20$ extra when upgrading to Fusion 3. Is it worth it at this point? Can we assume major releases within the next year?

Lets look at some facts...

VMware Fusion 1.0 was released on: Aug 6, 2007

VMware Fusion 2.0 was released on: September 15, 2008

VMware Fusion 3.0 was released on: October 27, 2009

So if version 4 follows the same it too will be over a year before it will be released and therefore everyone who buys to soon will in all likelihood not get the next version for free and has wasted $20!

So it sure looks like the only ones that will benefit are the ones that wait at least another 5 maybe 6 weeks and then they will most likely fall within that 12 month window based on past release schedules.

So that's $20 US for the word if !