Updating Fusion 11 to Fusion 12

[asiga]

I bought Fusion 11 back in 2018. Now I need to update, because Fusion 11 doesn't run in Monterey. The thing is that Fusion 12 doesn't exist: It's either Fusion 12 Pro, or Fusion 12 Player. I tried to find the feature list of Fusion 11, so that I could find if it matches best 12 Pro or 12 Player, but was unable to find a conclusive answer.

There's a Player vs Pro comparison, but I'm not sure how to compare it to Fusion 11. One of the things I don't understand 100% are the points about making clones. I do clone VMs from time to time (not from the Fusion UI, but just copying them the brute force way). Not sure if this can be done with Player or not...

 

[chrfr]

I bought Fusion 11 back in 2018. Now I need to update, because Fusion 11 doesn't run in Monterey. The thing is that Fusion 12 doesn't exist: It's either Fusion 12 Pro, or Fusion 12 Player. I tried to find the feature list of Fusion 11, so that I could find if it matches best 12 Pro or 12 Player, but was unable to find a conclusive answer.

There's a Player vs Pro comparison, but I'm not sure how to compare it to Fusion 11. One of the things I don't understand 100% are the points about making clones. I do clone VMs from time to time (not from the Fusion UI, but just copying them the brute force way). Not sure if this can be done with Player or not...

Fusion 12 player is free for personal use, so try that and if it meets your needs, that's great. Otherwise, I'd wait on buying Fusion 12 Pro. There's a free tech preview of the next version of Fusion available which has all the Pro features and which adds support for Apple Silicon computers, although the tech preview still runs on Intel Macs.

Just Released: VMware Fusion 22H2 Tech Preview - VMware Fusion Blog

We know it’s been a long time coming, so we’re happy to be able to finally share a little of what we’ve been working on for the Mac platform. In this free, public release, we’re looking for feedback from users as we iron out kinks and add new capabilities to Fusion, on both Intel as well as …...

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[bogdanw]

Give UTM a try
https://mac.getutm.app/
https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
https://apps.apple.com/app/utm-virtual-machines/id1538878817

UTM is and always will be completely free and open source. The Mac App Store version is identical to the free version and there are no features left out of the free version. The only advantage of the Mac App Store version is that you can get automatic updates. Purchasing the App Store version directly funds the development of UTM and shows your support

 

[asiga]

Fusion 12 player is free for personal use, so try that and if it meets your needs, that's great. Otherwise, I'd wait on buying Fusion 12 Pro. There's a free tech preview of the next version of Fusion available which has all the Pro features and which adds support for Apple Silicon computers, although the tech preview still runs on Intel Macs.

Just Released: VMware Fusion 22H2 Tech Preview - VMware Fusion Blog

We know it’s been a long time coming, so we’re happy to be able to finally share a little of what we’ve been working on for the Mac platform. In this free, public release, we’re looking for feedback from users as we iron out kinks and add new capabilities to Fusion, on both Intel as well as …...

blogs.vmware.com

Thanks a lot, that's a good advice! I checked that Fusion 12 Player can run all my virtual machines fine. I'll keep a look at that new release.