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although you might want to contact VMware Sales directly." it certainly doesn't hurt to ask and if you do not get anywhere with getting a serial number for VMware Fusion 3.x, the last version that will run under Mac OS X 10.5.8, then you have the VirtualBox info as an alternative.Some features, such as High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) encoding and decoding require newer processors and devices, some of which unfortunately cannot run on older devices. Obviously any Intel based Mac that came with Mac OS X Lion installed is not compatible with Mountain Lion and or VMware Fusion 5 so Abcd_012's choices considering the age of the hardware is as I previously said ". although you might want to contact VMware Sales directly."!Īdditionally while I'm quite sure if VMware wanted to they could supply a 30-day serial number for say VMware Fusion 3, being the last version that will work on Mac OS X 10.5.8, however I suspect they wouldn't and advise the User it's time to move on and upgrade appropriately and is in part why I supplied the VirtualBox info as I believe at this point in time it's a more viable option with an OS and hardware that is that many generations old then getting a free 30 day serial number for VMware Fusion 3.x at this point in time. (I know this since I had already tested it.)Īlready said ". While VMware has in the past made a newer version serial number of some of its products work in a previous version then released after the fact, nonetheless a VMware Fusion 5 serial number will not work in a previous version of VMware Fusion that is supported under Mac OS X 10.5.8. Not sure why your replying to me and not the OP however.Īvanish wrote: I believe the license of fusion version 5 is backward compatible with older versions.
However this should still work with Mac OS X 10.5.8)ĭownload Extension Pack for 4.1.22 All Platforms (10MB) Therefore the original 4.1.22 build was replaced by a 4.1.23 build. (Note: The Mac OS X 10.8.2 release includes some incompatible changes which require adaptions in VirtualBox.
If you want to give Virtualization a try under Mac OS X 10.5.8 and you can't get a free 30 day trial of a version of VMware Fusion that's still supported and runs under it then I'd suggest trying VirtualBox and is free! The last version of VirtualBox shown to support Mac OS X 10.5.8 was 4.1.22 and I've included the relevant links below for your convenience as this is not a VMware Product nor a support forum for VirtualBox however I just wanted you to have an option if need be. I suspect the free 30 day trials are only for the current major release versions ( which will not run under Mac OS X 10.5.8) although you might want to contact VMware Sales directly.