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Just loaded up OS X 10.5 Server, it installs in less than 20 minutes when using a disk image as the DVD.

One thing that seems a bit funky is that OS X 10.6 Server throws an error 60 seconds into the DVD boot. I know the disk image is okay since I used it on my laptop.

Will load up Windows 7 later and test it out.

Can't get Fusion 3 to enable Aero on my Vista VM. Any top tips? I'm on a 8600mGT

I was testing the Beta of Fusion 3.0 and windows 7 ultimate 64bit with aero on worked.

make sure to update your VMware Tools on any old VM's

Well I gave it 2 GB of memory and access to 2 of the 4 CPU cores and Aero runs a bit smoother now. Still not picture perfect, but okay.

VMware Fusion 3 still isn't a 64-bit binary?!

The GUI part of it isn't, but the actual VMX process (that does all the work) is.

Yeah I noticed that later on. Was in a bit of a hurry so didn't have the time to edit my reply.

Definitely liking VMware Fusion 3 so far. Tried Parallels 5, but it just feels so bloated in comparison.

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Just loaded up OS X 10.5 Server, it installs in less than 20 minutes when using a disk image as the DVD.

One thing that seems a bit funky is that OS X 10.6 Server throws an error 60 seconds into the DVD boot. I know the disk image is okay since I used it on my laptop.

Will load up Windows 7 later and test it out.

Weird. OS X 10.6 Server installed just fine in VMware Fusion 3 for me. :huh:

Windows 7 runs really well though. Much faster than Fusion 2.

Aero Glass support is cool, but it is a little slow. Even with transparency turned off, it's still a little quicker to just use the Windows Classic theme. Will have to do some more testing.

And as a reminder, you have to purchase a new product key to use VMware Fusion 3. I had a key from the 2.x releases and it won't let me use it anymore.

I was testing the Beta of Fusion 3.0 and windows 7 ultimate 64bit with aero on worked.

make sure to update your VMware Tools on any old VM's

Had to tell Vista to recheck my system and get a new experience score for Aero to be enabled. That was the trick.

With Transparency enable, the thing is dog slow (like trying to drag a window around a screen, but considering my 8600mGT is driving a 23inch screen in VMware, just being able to enable Aero is just blowing my mind lol). But turning off transparency and just using some Aero effects, its pretty usable. Will try Windows 7 when I get a chance. But definitely liking version 3. A pretty nice upgrade.

Got a very nice MacBook Pro yesterday and it didn't take long before I had installed Windows 7 on BootCamp. The product activated fine and still runs fine when running on bootcamp.

However, when I boot that bootcamp partition in VMware Fusion 3 Windows 7 complains about hardware changes and wants me to reactivate it, this then errors and it starts to ask me to buy a new key or phone up.

I understand VMware Tools provides the solution for this when running Vista. I have VMware Tools installed and it was still getting the error.

Anyone else had this problem with Windows 7? Or has a different solution for the problem?

Other than that, VMware Fusion 3 is fantastic!

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