

BUY VMWARE FUSION TRIAL DOWNLOAD LICENSE KEY
Just grab your disc (or ISO image) and slap it in, along with your license key and desired username/password. The second option is what I like to call the “Windows Lite” choice, because it’s great for people (like me) who don’t use Windows much but need the occasional program.

That being said, there’s some great trial versions of Linux that are already up, running and pre-configured – a nice perk for those who’d like to try but are too scared to do the whole install. VMWare touts this feature for “trying out new versions” of Windows, but I have to say that I’m a little unimpressed here – the only Microsoft-provided version is the Server 2003 machine.Īlthough Windows 7 builds exist, they’re limited to ‘beta’ and ‘RC’ versions, which is a shame since Microsoft offers a 30-day no activation trial of Windows 7 if you grab the ISO by some less-than-ethical means. The VMWare appliance library is fairly robust, even including a 30-day trial version of Windows Server 2003. The easiest option is to download a pre-built appliance, which is nothing more than a couple clicks and a (usually long) download away. There are three ways you can do this – download an already built and configured “virtual appliance”, install a new OS on a virtual “blank disk” or migrate an entire existing Windows installation. Whether you are migrating from Windows to Mac for the first time, testing out a new version of Windows or just trying to run some applications that are Windows-only, it all starts with building your virtual machine.
