Hi Matthew, No, VMWare Fusion is not in the App Store. Apart from the one-time negotiating of the Captcha to set up your account, buying software from the mupromo.com site is pretty easy -- easier than doing the purchase at VMWare's web site. In this case, you get 11 apps (total value of $378) for the same price as your VMWare Fusion purchase alone ($49.99). And you get a record of the license serial numbers kept in your account in most instances, as well as the fact that the purchasing process is easier.
The MacUpdate web site is the closest thing we have to a standard information repository for Mac apps. It's far more extensive than the Mac App Store, and presents information in a standard format that makes it easy to find out about software. You also can tell when the last version of an app was released, and read reviews or look for suggested alternatives. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 17, 2012, at 1:10 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: > Thanks ester. I wonder just out of curieosity if vmware is in the appstore. > I guess I will have to look. I just need to get a key for vmwAre since my > trial ran out some months ago. > > Matthew > > > On Mar 17, 2012, at 6:42 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Matthew, >> >> This is a bit orthogonal answer to your question, but as an alternative to >> buying VMWare Fusion from their web site, you might consider purchasing the >> MacUpdate Spring 2012 Bundle, which will give you 11 apps, including VMWare >> Fusion 4, for the same price of $49.99 that you would pay for VMWare Fusion >> 4 from their online store -- assuming you can navigate to the submit your >> order on VMWare's site. >> >> I will note that the MacUpdate site does require that you negotiate a >> Captcha in order to create your account. However, this is a one time >> thing. After this, you can always log into your account, and retrieve a >> record of your purchases, serial numbers, and links to download the items >> that you have previously purchased. The MUpromo Spring and Fall bundle >> sales can be quite good, and the current sale runs for the next 11 days. >> The reason I haven't posted about this earlier is that I'm not certain about >> the accessibility of some of the apps in the current bundle. For example, I >> think that Lynne used PDFpen, and really liked it, but said that it was not >> accessible to VoiceOver for the function she most wanted -- which was >> creating forms and filling out PDFs. On the other hand, I've heard on >> another list that a VoiceOver user has gotten in touch with the devs to work >> on those features. Some other apps, like Drive Genius for cleaning and >> defragging disks, are reported to > wo >> rk well with VoiceOver (apart from a warning window that comes up on first >> use, that you have to use Window Chooser menu (VO-F2 twice) to access). I >> think Typinator, which is a keystroke expander, might work with VoiceOver. >> Phone to Mac is a program that lets you transfer files between your Mac and >> your iPhone. Anyway here's the link to the site: >> http://www.mupromo.com/ >> >> I'll also mention that for people who might be interested in an accessible >> DVD ripper, that DVDRemaster Pro is on sale from the mupromo site at half >> price ($24.99). The site says this price is good for 11 days, but I think >> that's an error, since the mailer said it was only good for 1 day -- which >> is normal. It probably will run through the weekend at this price. You can >> use a trial download from the site. Note that you cannot access a trial >> download or purchase this app at the discounted price if you use the Mac App >> store. >> >> DVDRemaster Pro on sale this weekend at mupromo.com: >> http://www.mupromo.com/deal/1807/5801/dvdremaster-pro >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Mar 17, 2012, at 10:29 AM, matthew Dyer wrote: >> >>> Hi all, I am trying to purtchus a copy of vmware fusion, but the >>> vmware site is being a paimn/. I find the site hard to work with and find >>> that as soon as I get through the part whare I have to siubmit my order I >>> can not find the submit order button. Anyone here had this problem. If I >>> have to I will call and see what I can do about this but wanted to see if >>> anyone on the list has had trouble with this. Thsanks. Matthew >>> >>> >>> >>> matthew Dyer >>> [email protected] >>> matthew Dyer >>> e-mail/msn: [email protected] >>> AIM: mattdy1 >>> Yahoo: md1616 >>> twitter: mdyer1. >>> Facebook: [email protected] >>> Skype: graduater2004 >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
