Why would VMware send me a marketing email this morning with the subject line above and the following lead copy? What am I missing?
"Quickly and easily discover Windows 10 today by running it in a Virtual Machine on your Mac or PC with VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation... Fusion Pro... Fusion... Buy/Upgrade/Download Trial"
With the very-well-known "VMware SVGA 3D" issue which prevents Fusion users from installing the Windows 10 upgrade from v.8, this seems misdirected. "It's Microsoft's fault, it's VMware's fault"... whatever - all I know is when I try to install Windows 10, the Windows compatibility checker says I can't.
Am I to take this morning's email offer from VMware to mean that I have overlooked the fix for the compatibility issue? Did I miss some other way of "test-driving" Windows 10?
Or is this just extremely lame marketing which ignores the reality of the current situation for current customers?
Disappointing....
EDIT: Here's what "quickly and easily" apparently means for Windows 8.1 users (since it doesn't mean "Simply click Upgrade in Windows 8.1..."):
- If you haven't already done it, follow the workaround here to get an upgrade reservation
- (Thanks to mikeroysoft) Download the iso for Windows 10 to your Mac from here
- (Also per mikeroysoft) Take a snapshot of your current Windows 8.1 VM
- In your 8.1 VM, open the Windows 10 installation iso from the CD/DVD toolbar icon ("Choose disc or disc image...")
- If it doesn't autolaunch install, navigate to that DVD via Windows Explorer in your VM and install Windows 10
- To fix the limited screen resolution issue that you may be experiencing post-installation, you must manually load the VMware Tools installer per the instructions here.
- Run that installer from the mounted iso from step 6 (navigate to the DVD in your VM using Windows Explorer), and uninstall VMware Tools; then restart
- After restart, follow steps 6 and 7 again, but this time install VMware Tools.
And that, kids, is how I was able to "quickly and easily discover Windows 10" with VMware Fusion 7... ugh...
Message was edited by: clemd to add "quick and easy" Windows 10 install instructions
