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# Robert Mullins at MacWorld - VMware Fusion Beta 2 answers Parallels - The second beta of VMWare Fusion, a virtual machine for the Intel Macintosh, is available for free download. It updated easily for me from beta 1, using the same serial number. I tried it on an ISO of Puppy Linux 2.14. Booted fine. The XORG X-Windows wizard didn't work. XVESA did. Sound didn't work. Networking did. I also tried to boot from my OS X DVD. Didn't recognize it as bootable, as expected. Sure wish Apple would approve running OS X in a VM under OS X. Would ease trying out new releases. [macworld]

What's new in Beta 2

Experimental 3D graphics: The rumors are true! You can now play select DirectX 8.1 games in a Windows XP virtual machine. See the release notes for details.

Rollback: Take a snapshot of your virtual machine configured just the way you like it, so you can quickly roll back to that ideal state whenever you need to, with a single click.

Run Microsoft Vista on your Mac: Want to run Vista on your Mac? Run Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate 32-bit or 64-bit editions side-by-side with Mac OS X.

Improved networking support: Full support for AirPort networking with seamless switching between wired and AirPort/Wi-Fi connections.

Improved ability to add virtual hardware: Add virtual hard drives for more storage capacity, add up to ten virtual network interfaces to support private and public networks, and keep an eye on your laptop's battery level from inside your virtual machines.

# Matt Neuburg at O'Reilly MacDevCenter.com - Replacing AppleScript with Ruby - some examles of using rb-appscript to control scriptable applications with Ruby. Haven't tried it. [devcenter]

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