VMware: First impressions of Workstation 7
VMware has updated its client virtualization platform with the release of VMware Workstation 7.
Features in Workstation 7
- Desktop virtualization support for Windows 7
- Windows Aero support in Windows Vista and Windows 7 virtual machines
- Up to 4 virtual processors or 4 virtual cores and up to 32 GB of memory per virtual machine
- Support for installing and running VMware vSphere 4 and VMware ESXi in a virtual machine
- 256-bit AES encryption
VMware’s overview
This video from the VMware site gives an overview.
I was impressed with this release. The VMware team did a great job.
The encryption feature
3D graphics
I plan to test the VMware 4 hypervisor installation soon.
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