VMWare Fusion on a MacBook Air?

Does anyone know whether I will be able to use VMWare Fusion on a MacBook Air?
I am already using it on a MacBook Pro with great success but when I mentioned that I was going to change to an Air I was told that it wasn't possible.

It works just fine on the MBair. I'm running 3.1.3 but version 4 is out and has the best compatibility with Lion.
Regards,
Captfred

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20 year IT Professional that loves Mac visual interfaces, outstanding performance and a *nix command line.
Don

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