Difference between Pro and regular Fusion 5

[SuperZook]

What is the difference between VMware Fusion 5 and VMware Fusion 5 Professional?  Do both offer usage on 3 of the owners computers?  What else does Pro have over the regular version?

[a_p_]

I'm not sure about the usage on multiple systems. Anyway, you can find a chart which shows the features of both edition at http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop_virtualization/fusion/professional.html

ANdré

[WoodyZ]

SuperZook wrote: Do both offer usage on 3 of the owners computers?

No, only VMware Fusion 5 Standard comes with a License cost for 3 personal Macs.  VMware Fusion 5 Professional License cost is per Mac, meaning each Mac must have its own separate License.

Your other questions were answered by André.

[koi]

No, only VMware Fusion 5 Standard comes with a License cost for 3 personal Macs.  VMware Fusion 5 Professional License cost is per Mac, meaning each Mac must have its own separate License.

Source? I think they're both unlimited, provided it's the same owner. From the Fusion 5 EULA, section 13:

VMWARE FUSION AND VMWARE FUSION PROFESSIONAL

You may install and use the Software for personal, non-commercial  use on any Apple-branded products running Mac OS X (“Mac Computer”)  that you own or control.

Commercial use is covered in the next paragraph, and I think boils down to 1 license per computer regardless of owner or concurrency.

[WoodyZ]

koi wrote:

No, only VMware Fusion 5 Standard comes with a License cost for 3 personal Macs.  VMware Fusion 5 Professional License cost is per Mac, meaning each Mac must have its own separate License.

Source?

My source was from information posted on VMware's web site which obviously is contradicted by the EULA.  I'm not surprised since they can't even post the release notes for 5.0.1 which was posted 3 days ago.

[MacsRule]

SuperZook wrote:

What is the difference between VMware Fusion 5 and VMware Fusion 5 Professional?  Do both offer usage on 3 of the owners computers?  What else does Pro have over the regular version?

This link http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop_virtualization/fusion/professional.html has a table comparing the features of both. On the other hand, I'm using Fusion 5 Pro and I'm not clear, for example, how to install the "VMware Player" that's supposed to be "included." Obviously, I can and have downloaded and installed Player separately, but how does one get at it if it's already included?

[WoodyZ]

MacsRule wrote:

SuperZook wrote:

What is the difference between VMware Fusion 5 and VMware Fusion 5 Professional?  Do both offer usage on 3 of the owners computers?  What else does Pro have over the regular version?

This link http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop_virtualization/fusion/professional.html has a table comparing the features of both. On the other hand, I'm using Fusion 5 Pro and I'm not clear, for example, how to install the "VMware Player" that's supposed to be "included." Obviously, I can and have downloaded and installed Player separately, but how does one get at it if it's already included?

VMware Player is available for Linux and Windows and there is no version of VMware Player for Mac OS X and is not included as an application in VMware Fusion despite what it says on the linked page.  Unfortunately VMware has done an extremely poor job of articulating what it means by "VMware Player included" on the linked page and VMware further exacerbates the situation with setting links to VMware Fusion in its VMware Player application.  Therefore common sense allows for the logical assumption of what it means, in part, is that with VMware Fusion Professional one can also install VMware Player on a supported Host OS and use the VMware Fusion Professional Serial Number in VMware Player to access some of the features like restricted settings menu and limit access to USB devices in Windows, etc. on a Virtual Machine copied/moved from VMware Fusion to VMware Player.