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    VMware Workstation 8.0.2 Build 591240

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    Softpedia Editor's Review for VMware Workstation

    Allows multiple operating systems to run on the same computer

    Written by Elena Opris on October 21st, 2011

    VMware Workstation is a useful virtual machine software specifically designed for x86 and x86-64 computer systems. It allows you to run multiple operating systems on the same computer.

    Any person who is interested in optimizing their personal computer or testing several operating systems can get ahold of this software and use it to their own benefit.

    It is ideal for software developers, testers, and general IT professionals, as well as a great way to introduce virtual infrastructure to a company and increase productivity.

    The installation process is very simple, and it requires you to either choose typical or custom (recommended for advanced users).

    With VMware you can basically perform actions between virtual machines, such as cut, copy and paste text, images or email attachments (especially useful in Unity mode), while the drag and drop feature is available to move files, text or images between virtual machines (e.g. file managers, zip file managers).

    Other features include taking a snapshot to maintain virtual machine states, changing workstation preference settings, installing and updating various tools, configuring virtual machine option/hardware settings, using a virtual network editor, using removable devices and printers, setting up shared folders, and running the support script.

    You can bridge to existing host network adapters, CDs or DVDs, hard disk drives and USB devices. Plus, you can test live CDs without first recording them on discs or restarting the computer system.

    Vmware Workstation is a fast and practical tool that you should experiment with in case you want to deal with several computers. Workload significantly decreases, thanks to this innovative software.


    Read an in-depth analysis in our professional review for VMware Workstation

    VMware Workstation description

    Here are some key features of "VMware Workstation":

    · Streamline software development and testing operations. Create multiple development and testing environments as virtual machines on a single PC and use them to test "real world" multi-tier configurations, complex networks, and multiple operating systems and applications all on a single machine.
    · Improve team collaboration. The portability and hardware-independent properties of virtual machines, coupled with new features in VMware Workstation, lets users easily share development environments and pre-packaged testing configurations without risk, and also facilitates collaboration between development and QA.
    · Enhance the productivity of IT professionals. Allows system administrators and other enterprise IT professionals to test software, including new applications, application updates, and operating system patches, in virtual machines prior to deployment on physical PCs or servers in a production environment. IT help desk departments can create and reference a virtual library of end-user configurations to help them resolve problems more quickly.
    · Introduce virtual infrastructure to your enterprise. Virtual machines created in Workstation can be deployed to the other desktop and server virtualization platforms offered by VMware. Introducing VMware Workstation virtualization to the desktop is an ideal first step to transforming your physical IT infrastructure into virtual infrastructure.

    Limitations:

    · A 30-day serial number is required to use the software. After installation, on the user interface go to Help > Enter Serial Number and click on "Get Serial Number"
    · 30-day trial

    What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

    The following issues are resolved in this release of VMware Workstation:
    · The ACLs on the PID files needed improvement. VMware thanks Inode0 for bringing this to our attention.
    · Releasing input from the guest to the host, for example, moving the cursor from the virtual machine window to the host screen, failed with an unrecoverable error.
    · Copying and pasting from a guest to an Ubuntu 11.10 host failed.
    · Shared folders did not work in Fedora 16 and OpenSuse 12.1 guests.
    · In Ubuntu 11.10 hosts, key repeat was disabled after ungrabbing or quitting VMware Workstation.
    · On a Windows host, a virtual machine configured to use a physical disk or partition failed to power on if the host had a volume backed by more than one physical disk, for example, a RAID system.
    · On a machine with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SP1, vix-perl installation failed with dynamic link errors.

       Softpedia guarantees that VMware Workstation 8.0.2 Build 591240 is 100% CLEAN, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors. [read more >]


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