{"id":663,"date":"2007-01-07T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-07T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwilson.me.uk\/blog\/2007\/01\/vmware-fusion-does-not-play-well-with.htm"},"modified":"2007-02-24T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2007-02-24T22:25:12","slug":"vmware-fusion-does-not-play-well-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/01\/vmware-fusion-does-not-play-well-with.htm","title":{"rendered":"VMware Fusion does not play well with a Wacom tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--116820731805615945--><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/vmware-fusion.gif?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VMware Fusion\" border=\"0\" \/>I&#8217;ve spent a good chunk of this evening trying to build a Windows XP virtual machine within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/01\/will-vmware-achieve-fusion.htm\">VMware Fusion<\/a> and struggling to direct any keyboard input to the VM.  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