Technically no, you do not need to do a manually uninstall first as the VMware Fusion 5.x app contains a bash script in the form of 'Initialize VMware Fusion.tool" that will copy some of the configuration information and license files and then invoke the "fusion-uninstaller.tool" from the previous installed files. So it's up to you how to proceed and I included the link more as a precautionary measure to ensure all remnants of the old version are removed and one starts with a clean slate. The primary reason I suggest it is to avoid any issues with the old kernel extensions but if that becomes an issue it's easily resolved after the fact as well. So if you want to just download VMware Fusion 5.x and install it you should be okay. If the old VMware Fusion.app bundle is still in the Applications folder I'd move it to the Trash first. Either way it's safe to send it to the Trash.
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