Configure it the way you like, and make sure it works to your satisfaction. * Keep Snow Leopard running on your host computer and then create a virtual machine guest with your new Snow Leopard Server on it. Run it normally, and ignore the server-related applications. Once you get it, it will run just like the Snow Leopard that you are using now, except that you will see some extra server-related applications. Make sure that they know you want Snow Leopard Server, because otherwise they make order Snow Leopard (non-server) instead. They may say that it is not available, I just checked, and it is still available. Not every Apple Store person knows about Snow Leopard Server and can find it to order it for you. I just looked at the email from my phone purchase, and it is called, 'Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard - Unlimited Client License'īe polite, patient, and persistent. What you see online is Snow Leopard (non-server version) - same price, but it won't work with VMware Fusion. You must call Apple at (800) MY–APPLE (800–692–7753) and place a phone order. If you are in the USA, you can buy Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard from Apple for $19.99. It is easy, and it is exactly what I do now to run several different legacy applications. Upgrade your Mac to El Capitan, and run Snow Leopard Server in a virtual machine. I realize that this is an older version of VMWare, and I'm perfectly willing to upgrade to the latest version IF it will fix this problem. I've attached a snapshot of the VMWare window. Each time I resize the display in the VM (e.g., going between Full Screen and Single Window), the display is correct for about 2 seconds, then reverts to the hash. I have tried various display resolutions, to no avail. Once this happens, the only remedy is to shut down El Capitan, shut down VMWare, and restart everything. The El Capitan display works IF I don't resize the window from its default size, but if I change it to 'full screen,' for example, the screen redraws, displays properly for about 2 seconds, then goes completely out of synchronization - I get nothing but thin horizontal bands, making it impossible to access menus, see the mouse cursor, or do anything of use. I have VMWare Fusion 4.1.4 running on OSX 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), under which I have two virtual machines, running Windows 7 and OSX 10.11 (El Capitan).

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