Hello,
I've just discovered VMware Fusion and installed the RC1. I have had no problems installing systems such as Fedora, NetBSD or Debian inside it, both in 32 bit and 64 bit versions. This is extremely cool 
But, unfortunately, I cannot get Windows Vista Business to work.
To install Vista, I created a new virtual machine and specified "Windows Vista" as the guest OS. Then I created a 10 GB hard disk drive, and in the Easy Install page, I specified:
X Use Easy Install:
Name: Julio M. Merino Vidal
Password: my password, didn't leave this empty
Product key: my key
X Enable file sharing
Then I selected "Use operating system installation disk image file" and pointed it to the Windows Vista Business ISO image (which I got from MSDNAA) I have on an external disk. I didn't select the option to start installation immediately because I wanted to tweak a couple of settings beforehand.
I set the RAM to 768MB and selected to have 2 CPUs inside the virtual machine.
And then I proceeded with the install. Everything was working fine until the installer rebooted the first time to get into the on-disk system. After a short while I got a dialog window which said:
Title: Install Windows
Windows could not parse or process unattend answer file \[C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml] for pass \[oobeSystem]. The answer file is invalid.
Buttons: OK
I clicked OK and the virtual machine rebooted, again, from the on-disk system. At that point I got a different dialog:
Title: Install Windows
Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the installation.
Buttons: OK
And that's it. The installation did not work. Any idea about what the problem can be? Is this a bug in Fusion's Easy Install feature?
I may now try to do the same without using Easy Install and see what happens, and I bet it will work.
Thanks!