Even in Unity mode, Cortana will remain active. For performance improvements, Fusion 8 provides “up to 65 percent faster graphics with DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3 support,” according to VMware.

Not surprisingly, the new OpenGL-based “Unity” interface of Ubuntu (this is different from VMware’s Unity mode for Windows) could not load in a VMware virtual machine.

Parallels' killer feature is Coherence, a display mode that lets Windows apps and Mac apps seem to co-mingle with one another. VMWare, the market leader in virtualization, had a solid Mac offer ...

If you're running Windows apps on your Mac with VMware Fusion in Unity mode but you're sick of blurry icons in your Dock and application switcher, the VMware Fusion blog has a simple solution ...

A week after Parallels was updated to support Windows 10, VMware has followed suit with an update to its Fusion software – but with a bug when used in Unity mode.

VMware has also updated the roster of Linux distributions that run under Workstation 12; Ubuntu 15.04, Fedora 22, CentOS and RHEL 7.1, and Oracle Linux 7.1 are all officially supported.

If you do choose VMware, though, be prepared for a hiccup -- Ars Technica notes that the initial release has a bug that sometimes deprives you of the Start screen with Unity mode turned on.

A week after Parallels was updated to support Windows 10, VMware has followed suit with an update to its Fusion software – but with a bug when used in Unity mode. Unity mode is ...

VMware calls its integrated mode Unity. All three virtualization products can also run a guest operating system in its own window or in full-screen mode.