I do not believe that VMware has provided a VMware Fusion release that officially supports Mac OS X Lion as a Host or Guest however I've had no problems running VMware Fusion 3.1.3 on the Developer GM of Lion.
Thanks WoodyZ. That's the kind of information I was looking for. I know VMware's stance on this already. I am more looking for user's feedback. Thanks for sharing that.
VMware Fusion Blog's post about this: http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2011/07/os-x-lion-spotted-in-the-wild.html
I've had some issues with running VMWare. It puts the system to a halt. I've noticed that this happens when I'm running Safari. I've also noticed that when I turn off extensions in Safari, then things are a bit smoother, but I'm still testing this to see if that's really it or not.
Any details on your system Mohannad?
Fusion version? Guest OS?
Macbook 5,1 Unibody
Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz
OS X Lion - clean install from USB media (also had same problem when upgrading from SL so I don't think this is an issue)
4GB RAM
7200 RPM HD
VMWare Fusion 3.1.3
- Running Ubuntu - not too bad, only a little slower
- Running Windows 2000 or Windows 7 - computer goes to a halt, beachball and Safari stops responding. Mail usually runs, but very slow. Switching between desktops can take upwards of 20 seconds. Under SL I never had these issues.
When running Fusion in full screen mode, it doesn't move to it's own space. Therefore it completely covers up the Desktop. 3-finger swipe does not allow me to see the desktop although I can switch between Fusion, Mail, Safari, etc. running in full-screen mode. Any ideas? I hate to have to drop out of full-screen mode every time I want to see files on my desktop.
OSX 10.7
MacBook Pro
2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM
In mission control, drag your VM's window into it's own space. There is a + sign in the top right corner of mission control that is a drop location for windows. Once you have given it its own space, then you can full screen it and do 3-finger swipe between them.
To bad you mark your own post as helpful, as this was an excellent tip, thanks!
That did the trick. Thanks for pointing that out Gimped. Hopefully Fusion will incorporate moving to its own space in future updates. In the meantime that's a great workaround.
Just to close out this discussion. No problems here. Thanks everyone who answered. And thanks to the VMware Fusion team for posting a statement to the blog. It goes a long way to give confidence.