The Virtual Machine apps for Windows and macOS, VMware Workstation Pro and VMware Fusion Pro, are now available for personal use for free. In order to download and install these apps, users need to create a Broadcom account. To create an account, users must visit the Broadcom support page, register with their email address, and … Read more
Broadcom has announced that its popular virtualization apps, VMware Fusion Pro and Workstation Pro, are now free for personal use. This decision comes after Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware caused frustration for users due to changes in pricing and product offerings. In response to the backlash, Broadcom decided to make these virtualization apps free for personal … Read more
VMware has issued a security alert for critical vulnerabilities in its Workstation and Fusion hypervisor products, urging customers to patch their systems immediately. The vulnerabilities, including a use-after-free bug in Bluetooth, heap buffer overflow affecting shader functionality, and information disclosure flaws, could allow attackers to execute code, cause denial of service, or access sensitive information. … Read more
There are numerous options to run Windows 11 simultaneously with MacOS, and one great app option that is newly free is VMware Fusion Pro 13. VMWare Fusion Pro makes it particularly simple to download, install, and setup Windows 11 in a virtual machine on the Mac, but if you’re new to virtualization and virtual machines, … Read more
Debian GNU/Linux running in VMware Fusion 13.5 Screenshot by Jason Perlow/ZDNET In a move likely to significantly impact the virtualization and software development community, VMware has announced that its Fusion Pro (Mac) and Workstation Pro (Windows and Linux) products will be free for personal use. The surprising move signals a new era in which powerful … Read more
VMware Fusion Pro 13 running on a Mac Studio (Source: Broadcom) Virtualization app VMWare Fusion Pro 13 is now free for personal use. Here’s how to get it for your Mac. VMWare’s new owner Broadcom announced that it was acquiring the company in 2022, and the deal was completed in November 2023. Now Broadcom says… … Read more
Virtualization software company VMWare recently declared its Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro available to download for free for personal use. Fusion is a software that allows Mac users to run operating systems such as Windows 11 on their machines. Personal use is for free, but those who use it for work and enterprise settings can … Read more
Ever since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, we have seen them drop the hammer on many existing customers by ditching perpetual licenses, in favor of a subscription-based licensing model. They even shut down the VMware Cloud Services Provider program, while only inviting a select few vendors back into the fold under the Broadcom Expert Advantage Partner … Read more
VMware has announced that its Fusion Pro and Workstation Pro virtualization software is now free for personal use. 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. The decision to make the software free was made by Broadcom, which acquired … Read more
VMware Fusion Pro is now available for free for personal use, according to a blog post on the developers website. VMware Fusion Pro is powerful hypervisor software that allows you to create and run virtual machines on your Mac, enabling the capability to do things like run a virtualized Windows installation atop MacOS, or run … Read more