Intel Macs offer full support for Windows 11, while on Apple silicon, VMware says there is a first round of features for Windows 11 on Arm. With Fusion 13, Intel and Apple silicon Mac users can access Windows 11 virtual machines. VMware has been testing Apple silicon support for several months now ahead of the launch of the latest version of Fusion. For those unfamiliar with Fusion, it is designed to allow Mac users to operate virtual machines to run non-macOS operating systems like Windows 11.įusion 13 Pro and Fusion 13 Player are compatible with both Intel Macs and Apple silicon Macs equipped with M-series chips, offering native support. (and I say that having no allegiance to Oracle whatsoever).VMware today announced the launch of Fusion 13, the latest major update to the Fusion virtualization software.

Other than that, you wouldn't know, and it's very low key.

Ignore the whinging about Oracle - you'd barely even know Virtualbox is from Oracle, apart from 3 places: the app name, the about screen, and one entry in the help menu.

There's a big table comparing the 2 products here: - scroll down to half way to see the table.

Performance is supposed to be better in VMware.

If I was going play with 3D stuff I'd probably go with something else (or just go native), I don't get the impression that 3D is Virtualbox's strong suit. The interface seems fine and quite sensible.

The recent versions of Virtualbox seem fine, I've not run into any problems.

it auto-updates via the package manager - no idea if that's how VMware works?

The Linux version of Virtualbox has a repository - i.e.

With Virtualbox you don't have to register / create an account / etc, you just download and run.

I believe that was the case before the VMware version became free for personal use (so in the same way that where practical, I favour shopping at the store that first offers a discount, rather than the store that pricematches, I think all things being equal that it's better to use the software that moves towards openness first, rather than the one that attempts a semi-but-not-actually the same openness match).

Virtualbox (the base product) is open source, so it can be used for commercial activity, unlike this.

Vmware fusion player 12 free