Review by K. Dubose

Fusion 5 is without a doubt a nice upgrade for existing Fusion users, especially if you’re running OS X Mountain Lion, using a Retina Mac, or planning to use Windows 8 as a VM. And at $49.99, the price is hard to beat. At that price, and with its outstanding graphics performance, Fusion 5 is very tempting even if you already use other virtualization apps, such as Parallels or VirtualBox, which is free.

Fusion 5 has a few bumps, such as limited support for USB 3 and limited control over graphics options. For example, you can enable support for 3D accelerated graphics, but you can’t assign memory directly to the graphics system. But the hits run circles around the few misses. If you need a virtualization app for your Mac, VMware Fusion 5 not only deserves a look, BUY it and don’t look back.