VMware Fusion

VMware Fusion gives Mac users the power to run Windows on Mac along with hundreds of other operating systems side by side with Mac applications, without rebooting. Fusion is simple enough for home users and powerful enough for IT professionals, developers and businesses.

Key Features

• Run Nearly Any Operating System on a Mac: Running Windows on Mac is only the beginning. VMware Fusion lets you choose from hundreds of supported operating systems, from lesser-known Linux distributions to the latest Windows 10 release.
• Develop and Test for Any Platform:Fusion makes it simple to test nearly any OS and app on a Mac. Build and test apps in a sandbox while securely sharing local source files and folders. Fusion Pro now includes a RESTful API to integrate with modern development tools like Docker, Vagrant, Ansible, Chef and others to fit the power of VMware into today’s Agile and DevOps-oriented production pipelines.
• Connect to VMware vSphere:Securely connect with vSphere, ESXi and Workstation servers to launch, control and manage both virtual machines (VMs) and physical hosts. Thanks to the common VMware platform, VMs can be easily transferred from the vSphere data center to the Mac desktop and then run in Fusion.
• Design and Demo Complex Solutions:With the ability to run an entire virtual cloud stack on a single Mac, solution architects can demonstrate their entire software solution in real time, with safe rollback points to return to known configurations. Fully express the story of your software journey by running all of its components on a single notebook to show the world.

VMware Fusion - Features

Current Features:

• Ready for macOS High Sierra and Touch Bar: Launch virtual machines on Mac with macOS 10.13 Sierra, including APFS support or safely test the latest macOS in a sandbox on your current Mac without disruption.  With an updated UI and support for the latest Touch Bar enabled Macs, Fusion is better than ever.
• Support for Windows 10 Fall 2017 Creators Update: Stay on the cutting edge with full support for running the latest versions of Windows 10 as a virtual machine on your Mac.
• Powerful Graphics: With its hardware accelerated 3D graphics engine, Fusion can provide DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3 capabilities to Windows and Linux virtual machines to drive complex graphics applications, games as well as a rich modern user interface. New in Fusion 10 is added support for Apple's 'Metal' graphics technology, delivering smoother graphics while improving battery life.
• Near-Native Performance: With a highly optimised 64-bit engine and multicore processing power that makes the most effective use of the latest Intel Haswell processors, VMware Fusion runs Windows and Mac applications side-by-side faster than ever.
• Enhanced Virtual Networking: Create complex IPv4 or IPv6 virtual networks for VMs, or integrate with third-party software to design full data center topologies using real-world routing software and tools. New in Fusion Pro is Network Simulation for introducing packet loss, latency and bandwidth restrictions. *Pro Only. 
• vSphere Connectivity:Connect to vCenter, ESXi or Workstation Pro servers to drive, control and configure VMs or ESXi Hosts, or transfer virtual machines back and forth with a simple drag-and-drop. With a common underlying hypervisor, Fusion makes it easy to run or control VMs from the corporate data center from the comfort of your Mac. *Pro Only. 
• Fusion REST API:Fusion Pro now provides a secure RESTful API service designed for automation and third-party software integration. Leveraging the Swagger.io framework the Fusion API uses standard HTTP/S and JSON to control over 20 different VM and Host operations. Build custom deployment tools to deliver macOS-as-a-Service, or integrate Fusion into a modern, continuously iterative development pipeline with automated testing. *Pro Only. 
• Unity View Mode:Fusion’s Unity View Mode hides the Windows desktop so you can run Windows apps just like Mac apps. Windows apps can launch directly from Dock, Spotlight or Launchpad and once running, can be viewed in Exposé, Spaces and Mission Control just as if they were Mac apps. 

VMware Fusion - System Requirements

Hardware 

All Macs launched in 2011 or later are supported except:

• 2012 Mac Pro “Quad Core” using the Intel® Xeon® W3565 Processor.

In addition the following are also supported:

• 2010 Mac Pro “Six Core”, “Eight Core” and “Twelve Core”.

Software

• OS X 10.11 El Capitan Minimum Required