Purchase now Fusion 4? or wait for Mountain Lion and Win 8.

[rockrus]

Hi fellow Fusion users.

I own Fusion 3 . . . now am contemplating to get Fusion 4.1. I tried it already and its pretty cool with Lion.  However the question is SHOULD I PURCHASE NOW FUSION 4.1 OR WAIT FOR MOUNTIAN LION AND WIN 8?

THANKS. Hope to hear from you guys.

God bless.

[WoodyZ]

As far as VMware products for the Mac, I personally will use VMware Fusion 3.x until I have no other choice as I do not like VMware Fusion 4.  I also still use Mac OS X Snow Leopard on my primary system however I do have Mac OS X Lion and VMware Fusion 4 running on a test system.  There are features about both that I do like however there are more features that I don't like and why I just run them on a test system.  For me, at the end of the day, it's about productivity and reliability and so I find I do better with Mac OS X Snow Leopard and VMware Fusion 3 so I'm sticking with what works best for my purposes.

As to whether or not one should purchase now or wait that really is something one needs to decide for one's self.

[BMXerDan]

Why would it make a difference waiting until Mountain Lion and Windows 8 is released?

[rockrus]

For me, it is a question of budget and simple home user economics. I don't know is a Fusion 5  will come out to be compatible for Mountain Lion and Windows 8 which from what I heard is a rather radical change.

Thanks for replying

[WoodyZ]

rockrus wrote: I don't know is a Fusion 5  will come out to be compatible for Mountain Lion and Windows 8 which from what I heard is a rather radical change.

It took VMware 687 days or 1 year, 10 months, and 18 days to go from VMware Fusion 3.0 to VMware Fusion 4.0 and it's only been 174 days or 5 months and 21 days since VMware Fusion 4.0 was released so don't expect to see VMware Fusion 5 any time soon and certainly not before the next release of Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows.  Additionally based on past performance don't expect to see a fully compatible version of VMware Fusion 4.x for either of these OSes until some time after they've been released!

[koi]

If Fusion 3 is working for you, you want to save money, and don't mind possibly waiting a while, I see no compelling argument to get Fusion 4. The biggest unknown is how long it will be between when Mountain Lion/Windows 8 is released and when Fusion will support it, but almost certainly nobody will actually be able to answer that. I would definitely expect some lag time (the past is no guarantee of future results, but you might consider prior releases of Fusion).

Personally, I like Fusion 4 (OS X guests are important to me), the price isn't much for the functionality, and hey, shiny new things, so if I was considering the question, I wouldn't wait.

[hbato]

I agree. Fusion 3 is fine for general purpose and I wouldn't expect to have a new version of Fusion for quite sometime since it's still relatively new and I also doubt that it will bring significant changes aside of course for new features. But for day-to-day use, I think Fusion 3 would suffice.

Regards, Harold

[JessieZhang]

If you need it (or just want it) now, buy it, otherwise wait. There is always a refreshed version just around the corner.

[rwidjaja]

Currently vmware fusion 4 doesn't work with mountain lion. it does work with win8.

[ColoradoMarmot]

There's a macupdate bundle at the moment that includes Fusion.  it's a *great* deal.