Interested in running Windows 7 on your Mac OS X laptop or desktop without having to restart into BootCamp? The newest version of VMWare Fusion adds support for advanced Windows 7 features including: Aero, Flip 3D and 64-bit versions/applications.
VMWare Fusion 3 costs $80, but a free trial is available here. Personally, I find the program preferable to Boot Camp for administrating Windows networks and running Windows-only programs which are not too resource-intensive. I have run AutoCAD and Solidworks with VMWare Fusion on a MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM installed (2GB allocated for Windows, 2GB for Mac OS), but generally it’s a better idea to switch to Boot Camp when running intensive applications like these.
See below for a video of some of these new features.
Looking to spice up your new Windows 7 installation? Microsoft has just released a set of free Windows 7 themes.
Those looking to spruce up their desktop with frames from around the world can grab international themes from more countries than originally included in Windows 7’s Release Candidate packages.
The full-fledged themes are specific downloads for Windows 7 users, but anyone can grab the wallpapers from Windows 7’s Personalization Gallery for their system.
Apparently, the official $29 Windows 7 Upgrade package for students is not working properly for many users. Instead of downloading an ISO image file, two bundles and a .EXE file are unpacked and don’t function properly.
A fix for some is to follow a guide from DownloadSquad here with details on burning the files to DVD.
Microsoft is offering refunds to affected users. You can click here to read Microsoft’s official response.
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