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From: David Wilkinson on 4 Jan 2010 15:07
Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:
> "David Wilkinson" <no-reply(a)effisols.com> wrote in message
> news:OiZD6CXjKHA.5520(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>>>> Windows 7 guest runs fine on VMWare Workstation without hardware
>>>> virtualization.
>>>
>>> And on WMWare Player, the free version...
>>
>> ... if you use VMX builder (also free) to build the machine.
>
> Not required these days...

Really? How come?

I haven't used VMWare Player since I got Workstation...

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David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 4 Jan 2010 15:09
On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:49:35 -0000, "Mark Rae [MVP]"
<mark(a)markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote:

>"David Wilkinson" <no-reply(a)effisols.com> wrote in message
>news:OiZD6CXjKHA.5520(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>>>> Windows 7 guest runs fine on VMWare Workstation without hardware
>>>> virtualization.
>>>
>>> And on WMWare Player, the free version...
>>
>> ... if you use VMX builder (also free) to build the machine.
>
>Not required these days...

The latest version is full featured and allows you to create VMs, you
get almost everything from Workstation but Teams, multiple Snapshots
and Clones, or Virtual Rights Management features for end-point
security.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
http://smudj.wordpress.com/
From: Mark Rae [MVP] on 4 Jan 2010 15:23
"David Wilkinson" <no-reply(a)effisols.com> wrote in message
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>>> ... if you use VMX builder (also free) to build the machine.
>>
>> Not required these days...
>
> Really? How come?

Er, because it's now part of the application itself...


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

From: David Wilkinson on 4 Jan 2010 16:08
Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:
> "David Wilkinson" <no-reply(a)effisols.com> wrote in message
> news:%23bA5SmXjKHA.4048(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
>>>> ... if you use VMX builder (also free) to build the machine.
>>>
>>> Not required these days...
>>
>> Really? How come?
>
> Er, because it's now part of the application itself...

Great! I didn't know that.

So it's really not just Player now, it's Workstation Light.

--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
From: Bo Berglund on 4 Jan 2010 18:01
On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:09:32 -0800, "Steve Jain [MVP]"
<noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:49:35 -0000, "Mark Rae [MVP]"
><mark(a)markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote:
>
>>"David Wilkinson" <no-reply(a)effisols.com> wrote in message
>>news:OiZD6CXjKHA.5520(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>>> Windows 7 guest runs fine on VMWare Workstation without hardware
>>>>> virtualization.
>>>>
>>>> And on WMWare Player, the free version...
>>>
>>> ... if you use VMX builder (also free) to build the machine.
>>
>>Not required these days...
>
>The latest version is full featured and allows you to create VMs, you
>get almost everything from Workstation but Teams, multiple Snapshots
>and Clones, or Virtual Rights Management features for end-point
>security.

Yes, I just saw that the snapshots aren't there.
The new one is VMWare Player 3 and it handles USB just fine as well as
allowing Aero in the Vista/Win7 guests. And it runs 64 bit Windows if
you have the processor for it (with VT) even though you run a 32 bit
base OS for hosting Player3.

What I don't understand is from where VMWare is going to get its
revenue since Player3 surely will undercut Workstation sales.
Of course once you start using snapshots you may not want to be
without, but still....
--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)
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