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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Introduction
- What You Can Do with VMware Fusion
- System Requirements for VMware Fusion
- Install or Upgrade VMware Fusion
- Start VMware Fusion
- Getting Up and Running
- Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install
- Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition
- Import an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine
- Import an Existing Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0 Virtual Machine
- Download a Virtual Appliance from the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Correct Sound Problems in Virtual Machines Running Vista 32-Bit Edition
- Quit Your Virtual Machine
- VMware Fusion Resources
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
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Getting Started with VMware Fusion
Introduction
VMware Fusion™ allows you to run your favorite PC applications on your
Intel-based Mac. Designed from the ground up for the Mac user,
VMware Fusion makes it easy to take advantage of the security, flexibility, and
portability of virtual machines to run Windows and other x86 operating
systems side by side with Mac OS X.
What Is a Virtual Machine?
A virtual machine is a software file that behaves just as a physical computer
does. A virtual machine contains a display, a hard disk, one or more
processors, memory, and all the other hardware that goes into a typical
physical machine—but all components are virtualized. That is, these
elements of a virtual machine are all created by software and stored in files
on your Mac.
The virtual machine runs in a window on your Intel-based Mac. You install an
operating system and applications in the virtual machine and operate it as
you would a physical computer.
The Mac that you run a virtual machine on is typically referred to as the host.
In this context, the virtual machine is referred to as a guest.