From: Daniel Menzel on
H-Man schrieb:
> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:19:39 +0100, Daniel Menzel wrote:
>
>> Poutnik schrieb:
>>> In article <4ae4e08a-1f9f-4c8c-975c-3e464a5b2c22
>>> @s21g2000prm.googlegroups.com>, ytlim1(a)gmail.com says...
>>>> Has anyone succeeded in downloading VMPlayer 3.0?
>>>> After logging in to the VMWare site and registered for
>>>> the download, the confirmation/activation email hasn't
>>>> come after more than 10 hours.
>>>>
>>>> /Why Tea
>>> In past, creation of new VM was able to VM workstation, not in player.
>>> Later, I have seen some article is is able to player too,
>>> but not sure, if it was or was not a hack against VMware licence
>>> policy.
>>> I have also read recently, that in VMplayer 3 such a creation of VM is
>>> available, similar to VirtualPC or VirtualBox.
>>>
>>> Is it correct information ?
>>>
>> To create a virtual pc you need, as far as I know, vmware server.
>> After registration you can download for free at the VMWare webpage.
>> I�m running a Windows Vista and the latest OpenSuse Linux on virtual
>> machines for testing.
>>
>> Greets
>> Daniel
>
> VMWare Player 3.0 does have the feature to create your own VMs. It is
> almost everything VM Workstation was a short while back.
>
> Aside from the painful registration process, this is a really good product!
> It is more stable, in my experience, than Virtual Box that had a bad habit
> of messing up my keyboard and mouse in the host WinXP Pro.
>
Mhm, the reason I switched to VMWare was quite simple: USB Support and
Linux runs faster and more stable then in virtual pc.

Thank you for your advice with VMWare Player, I�ll sure check this out
in about a week.

Daniel
From: Poutnik on
In article <25e45776-0170-413d-8622-7d13e04f9348
@i4g2000prm.googlegroups.com>, ytlim1(a)gmail.com says...
>
> >
> > In past, creation of new VM was able to VM workstation, not in player.
> > Later, I have seen some article is is able to player too,
> > but not sure, if it was or was not a hack against VMware licence
> > policy.
> > I have also read recently, that in VMplayer 3 such a creation of VM is
> > available, similar to VirtualPC or VirtualBox.
> >
> > Is it correct information ?
> >
> > --
> > Poutnik
> > The best depends on how the best is defined.
>
> I only need to run guest OS'es on a desktop host. I
> think VM Player is faster than the server too. Now that
> the Player can also create virtual machines, I can't
> see any compelling reason to use the server. I don't
> really know the in's and out's of the two. Perhaps
> you can convince me otherwise :)
>
> /Why Tea


Hehe, I have not written anything about VM Server. :-)

There is VMware Player, Server and WorkStation, and plenty of other
products, like distributed ESX Server.

--
Poutnik
The best depends on how the best is defined.