Hi Chris, let us know if you find any advantage in upgrading as far as performance and such is concerned. I run windows7 64bit as well running fusion V5.4 on mavericks.
On Mar 17, 2014, at 12:26 PM, christopher hallsworth <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all > I have done my first application upgrade on this mac, I upgraded from Vmware > Fusion 5x to 6x. The process was straightforward. All I had to do was: > 1. Open the disc image in the Finder. > 2. Copy the single .app file to the Applications folder. > 3. Ran the copy from the Applications folder. > 4. Followed the instructions, including entering in the password for my user > account twice. This is akin to User Account Control under Windows Vista and > later as well as other Unidx-based operating systems which Os X uses behind > the scenes. > This is so much better than Windows and upgrading Vmware Workstation. You are > forced to uninstall the old version before you can install the new version. > Not so with Vmware Fusion for the mac and no doubt other applications. Apps > from the App Store are updated in the background as of Mavericks so even > easier. > I tell you what, the more I use this mac the more I realize why it can be > such a hype. It is more stable, less prone to crashes or other bugs, and is > certainly less prone to malware. > I'm not against Windows at all; I just find the mac is good if not better at > certain things such as the above. In fact, I have Windows working on this mac > thanks to Fusion. It is Windows 7 64 bit. > Anyway just thought I would share my £-.02 worth on upgrading mac > applications. > Hope you find this useful. > Regards Chris > Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.