Avast ye, me hearties! VMware Fusion Pro 13 be now free for personal use fer all ye Mac users! Aye!
2024-05-15
Ahoy mateys! Avast ye! VMware be lettin' ye swashbuckle fer free with their Fusion Pro 13 app on macOS! No need to pay the scallywags $200 to emulate Windows. Thar be no better treasure than savin' a bit o' doubloons, arrr!
The Windows 11 emulator for Mac, VMware Fusion Pro 13, is now free for personal use, as the software developer has waived the previous $199 fee. Announced in a blog post, VMware Fusion Pro 13 creates a virtual Windows machine for macOS devices, allowing you to run Windows apps on the likes of MacBooks and iMacs powered by Apple's M-class silicon.Without question, it's among the best virtual machine software available but its price tag was previously alienating to casual consumers. Professional usage, however, will still require a license, but if you want to boot it up and play around with the software, you can do so without spending a cent, which is exciting.Running VMware Fusion Pro 13 on Apple's own silicon such as the M2 and M3 chip means you'll be restricted to the performance of the SoC. To use VMware Fusion Pro 13, you will need an account which can be created through the Broadcom support website, and then you'll be able to download the software. It's bittersweet news when considering that the company's Fusion Player is being discontinued, but you're getting a big upgrade.VMware's decision to make its Fusion Pro 13 software free is an excellent move on the company's part to gain visibility for the application. While there's no faulting the performance capabilities, asking $200 at the gate seriously limited the overall install base. Now people who were using Fusion Player can get the full-fat user experience at no charge. We've had excellent things to say about the VMware Workstation Player over the years and consider it to be the best virtual machine on the market.