VMWare Fusion Unity and Windows Live Writer for awesome client blogging on my Macbook

So I know this setup is a stretch for most people, but it’s something I’m pretty happy about.  I’ve previously written about the fact that I think Windows Live Writer is awesome, and I still do.  In fact my recent revival on the site is largely due to the fact that I recently installed a fresh build of Writer at work to post and revise, as well as test and help weed out any bugs/failures.

Previously I’d said that if I could run Writer on my Mac to do my blogging, I would.  Well now I’ve made that statement a reality.  I’m running Windows 7 Ultimate virtualized under VMWare Fusion 2.  On my virtual machine I installed Windows Live Writer (Wave 3) and when I run the application in Unity mode it works almost exactly like a native Mac application.

It looks something like this:

[update] I happened to forget the disclosure I had intended to include.  As I am currently employed by Microsoft, it’s likely that my opinion on anything involving software will be interpreted as biased.  While I do work on the same team as the people that make Writer and I know plenty of them, this site has absolutely nothing to do with my job or employer.  I’m under no obligation whatsoever to talk about software, I just happen to like Writer.  It’s a simple application with a well defined purpose which I believe it accomplishes quite well.