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VMware Fusion with Vista
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Quick question that came up today ...
has anyone gotten Aero to work with Vista under VMware Fusion? The 3D Graphics Acceleration is enabled but no joy.
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In retrospect, this probably belongs in the alternative operating systems forum. (Even though I'm sort of asking about VMware the application and not Vista the OS).
Can it be moved?
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Move complete. I'm curious whether Aero works in either Fusion or Parallels.
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How much RAM do you have dedicated to the Windows image? That may make a difference, but again, it may not either. I don't have Vista so I can't say for sure though.
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The machine in question has 1.5 GB dedicated to the image.
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- MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.9Ghz 16GB / 512GB
- iMac i5 3.2Ghz 1TB
- G4 Cube 500Mhz / Shelf display unit / Museum display
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I thought Aero wasn't supported in either Fusion or Parallels... have they changed that?
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It's probably not supported. That's what I was trying to figure out.
I found the answer subsequent to my posting here ... it turns out that VMware only supports DirectX 8.1. Aero requires DirectX 9. (So perhaps that is the answer).
The other odd thing ... if I activate Vista in Boot Camp it wants to be re-activated in VMware. If I reboot to Boot Camp then all is good again. I just did the re-arm script, so I'm good for a while anyway.
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- MacBook Pro 16" i9 2.4Ghz 32GB / 1TB
- MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.9Ghz 16GB / 512GB
- iMac i5 3.2Ghz 1TB
- G4 Cube 500Mhz / Shelf display unit / Museum display
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VMWare Fusion 2 may eventually get Aero support. It supports DirectX 9, but not the 9.0c required by Aero.
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Thanks for the clarification. Appreciated.
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- MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.9Ghz 16GB / 512GB
- iMac i5 3.2Ghz 1TB
- G4 Cube 500Mhz / Shelf display unit / Museum display
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As goMac says, Fusion 2.0b1 has experimental support for DirectX 9 with Shader Model 2. I believe the missing piece for Aero support is a WDDM driver, which we don't currently have.
Regarding Windows reactivation, you need to install VMware Tools. Reactivating once after that is expected, but you shouldn't have to do so after that.
Caveats: If you have SP1, (currently) only Fusion 1.1.3 handles this - 2.0b1 doesn't. Neither 1.1.3 nor 2.0b1 handles 64-bit Windows, it's something we know people want and are working on it.
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