http://www.slashdotdash.net/articles/2006/12/22/vmware-virtualisation-for-mac en-us 40 Rolling on Rails <p><img src="http://www.slashdotdash.net/images/fusion_beta.gif" alt="" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/fusion/">VMWare have announced a beta version</a> of their virtualisation technology for Intel-based Macs, codenamed <strong>Fusion</strong>.</p> <blockquote> <p>The new VMware desktop product for the Mac, codenamed Fusion, allows Intel-based Macs to run x86 operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris, in virtual machines at the same time as Mac <span class="caps">OS X</span>. It is built on VMware&#8217;s rock-solid and advanced desktop virtualization platform that is used by over four million users today.</p> </blockquote> <p>This looks like a promising competitor to Parallels and further advances the Mac as a real alternative. It also comes in handy for Rails developers when testing their latest website with Internet Explorer.</p> <h4>References</h4> <p><a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/12/22/vmware_opens_mac_vm/">VMware opens Mac virtual machine tech to public</a> (reghardware.co.uk)</p> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:49:23 +0000 urn:uuid:d27d63ba-b0d4-4995-a2f4-3db74a98227a ben@slashdotdash.net (Ben) http://www.slashdotdash.net/articles/2006/12/22/vmware-virtualisation-for-mac Mac OS X