Is it safe to use vmware on a macbookpro?

I am taking some programing classes and need to download Visual Studio from Dreamspark.  Macs alone cannot support it and my prof suggested to download VMWare.  Is compatible and safe?  Thanks

You posted in the iPad forum instead of the MBP forum. To get answers to your question, next time post in the proper forum. See https://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa  I'll request that Apple relocate your post.
 Cheers, Tom

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