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1. #How to access internet on windows xp through vmware on mac for free#
2. #How to access internet on windows xp through vmware on mac how to#
3. #How to access internet on windows xp through vmware on mac upgrade#

Just download the Windows 7 ISO to your desktop.įirst, you’ll create a new virtual machine, the same as you’ve done before via “File>New”: You can use 32-bit or 64-bit, but the world is moving to 64-bit for better performance, so this example will assume you are using the 64-bit edition of Windows 7. You will need to create a new Windows 7 RC virtual machine.įirst, download the Windows 7 Release Candidate ISO from Microsoft’s Windows 7 site and get yourself a release candidate product key.

#How to access internet on windows xp through vmware on mac upgrade#

NOTE: If you have an existing Windows 7 Beta virtual machine or Windows XP virtual machine, you CANNOT upgrade them to Windows 7 RC according to Microsoft.

#How to access internet on windows xp through vmware on mac how to#

See below for some guidance on how to set things up for best success. We plan to fully support Windows 7 after it is officially released with a future release of VMware Fusion.

The caveats we mentioned for the Windows 7 Public Beta around 3D, Shared Folders, and Mirrored Folders are NO longer an issue with the Windows 7 Release Candidate. Windows 7 Release Candidate, both 32-bit and 64-bit editions, is not officially supported with VMware Fusion 2 today, but the VMware Fusion features you rely upon including Drag and Drop, Unity, Shared Applications, and more all seem to work really well so far. Getting Up and Running with Windows 7 in VMware Fusion

While VMware Fusion won’t formally support Windows 7 until it is released later this year, the Windows 7 Release Candidate works really well in VMware Fusion 2.0.4 based on our initial testing. That’s right, you can download Windows 7 Release Candidate through July 1 st and it’s free to use until it expires on June 1, 2010.

#How to access internet on windows xp through vmware on mac for free#

More important, I am excited that the Windows 7 Release Candidate is the easiest way for you to try out Windows on your Mac for FREE (at least until the beta expires). Personally, I am excited to see the improvements in my day to day use of Windows 7 at work. We have installed Windows 7 RC on a number of Macs from a first generation MacBook Air to a higher end MacBook Pro and Windows 7 RC is really responsive with the default VMware Fusion settings on all Macs we have tried. Today, Microsoft released a public release candidate of Windows 7. In fact, I have been running my day to day work life out of a Windows 7 Public Beta VM using Mirrored Folders and Shared Applications since the beta was released and it has been working really well with a couple of known caveats that we mentioned at the time. Team Fusion released a Practical Guide to Windows 7 on Mac with VMware Fusion when the Windows 7 public beta was released earlier and lots of users took advantage of the opportunity to check out the forthcoming version of Windows. There has been a lot of buzz flying around Windows 7 since its public beta release earlier this year.