Hot off the presses is the release of VMware Workstation 11, and Player 7 Pro. Even though I have a full blown ESXi lab at home, I still find uses for VMware Workstation. For example, I have Windows 10 tech preview running in a Workstation VM. For those of you...
A few days ago VMware released a brand new version of their desktop virtualization product, Workstation 9.0. This release brings a lot of new features, but the biggest one is full support for Windows 8 and multi-touch. You can check out the full release notes here. Its great to see...
VMware just released Workstation 8.0.2, up from 8.0.1. This is not a major release, but has a few enhancements: Ubuntu 11.10 is supported as a host. Fedora 16 is supported as a guest. Fixed bugs include: The ACLs on the PID files needed improvement. VMware thanks Inode0 for bringing this...
A couple of days ago VMware released Workstation 7.0.1. No earth shattering updates, but now officially supports Server 2008 R2 and Vista SP2 as host and guest operating systems. You can download it here and read the release notes here.
If you are a VMware workstation 6.x user, workstation 7 is a must have upgrade. You can read more about it here. In a blog earlier this month I listed many of the new features. Check it out! Aero Glass for Windows 7 VMs is really killer.
If you want to experiment with ESX(i) on your home computer and have VMware Workstation 6.5, it's pretty easy to do. Two key steps are needed in order to be successful.1. When creating a new VM inside Workstation for ESX(i), chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.2. After you have...
Quick, run, don't walk to the Workstation 7.0 release candidate download! Full Windows 7 Host and Guest support including the ability to run Aero! Improved 3D Graphics for Windows guests with OpenGL and Shader Model 3.0 support Support for many new OSs including Windows Server 2008 R2, Debian 5, and...
VMware is doing a private beta/preview of Workstation 7.0. While I can't reveal the new features due to a NDA, other people have leaked some of the possible new features. Google is your friend! Today I asked a VMware guy when the planned release was, and decoding his carefully worded...
No major updates, but lots of bug fixes and one security patch. No mention of official Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 support, although I haven't had any issues with them on 6.5.2.Download it here. Release notes are here.