Minimum Requirements for VMware Fusion
- An Intel-based Mac (to run 64-bit operating systems, an Intel Mac with a Core 2 Duo or Xeon processor is required)
- 512MB of RAM (1 GB or more recommended)1
- 275MB free disk space for VMware Fusion
- 1GB free disk space for each virtual machine (10 GB or more recommended)
- Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or later
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Supported 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
A "guest operating system" is an operating system installed on a virtual machine. VMware Fusion supports the following guest operating systems2:
Client Systems
- Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise & Ultimate Editions)
- Windows XP (Professional SP2, Home Edition SP2)
- Windows 2000 Professional SP4
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP6a
- Windows Me
- Windows 98 SE
- Windows 95 SP1
- Windows 3.1
- MS-DOS 6.x
- SUSE Linux (10.1, 9.3)
- Novell Linux Desktop 9 SP2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (5.0, 4.0 Update 4, 3.0 Update 8)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1—stock 2.4.9‐e3 (Workstation)
- Red Hat Linux 9.0—stock 2.4.20‐8, upgrade 2.4.20‐20.9
- Red Hat Linux 7.0—stock 2.2.16‐22, upgrade 2.2.17‐14
- Solaris x86 10 11/06 (Update 3)
- Ubuntu Linux (6.10, 5.10)
- Mandriva Linux (2007, 2006)
- FreeBSD (6.1, 5.5)
- Turbolinux Desktop 10
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Server Systems
- Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, R2 Enterprise Edition
- Windows 2000 Server SP4, Advanced Server SP4
- Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6a,
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 9 SP3
- Novell Netware 6.5 SP5
- Novell Open Enterprise Server SP2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 4.0 Update 4, 3.0 Update 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1—stock 2.4.9-e3 (Advanced Server, Enterprise Server)
- Red Hat Linux 9.0—stock 2.4.20-8, upgrade 2.4.20-20.9
- Red Hat Linux 7.0—stock 2.2.16-22, upgrade 2.2.17-14
- Solaris x86 10 11/06 (Update 3)
- Ubuntu Linux 6.10, 5.10
- Mandriva Linux 2007, 2006
- FreeBSD 6.1, 5.5
- Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8
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Supported 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
NOTE: An Intel-based Mac with a Core 2 Duo or Xeon processor is required to run 64-bit guest operating systems.
Client Systems
- Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise and Ultimate Editions)
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- SUSE Linux (10.1, 9.3)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (5.0, 4.0 Update 4, 3.0 Update 8)
- Solaris x86 10 11/06 (Update 3)
- Ubuntu Linux (6.10, 5.10)
- Mandriva Linux (2007, 2006)
- FreeBSD (6.1, 5.5)
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Server Systems
- Windows Server 2003 (SP1 Enterprise Edition, R2 Enterprise Edition)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (10, 9 SP3)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (5.0, 4.0 Update 4, 3.0 Update 8)
- Solaris x86 10 11/06 (Update 3)
- Ubuntu Linux (6.10, 5.10)
- Mandriva Linux (2007, 2006)
- FreeBSD (6.1, 5.5)
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1 In addition to the RAM required to run the VMware Fusion software, you will need enough memory to run the operating system and applications on each virtual machine you create. To find out what these requirements are, read the documentation for the operating system and applications you want to install on your virtual machine.
2 For the most up-to-date list of the guest operating systems supported by VMware products, read the VMware Guest Operating System Installation Guide.
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