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VMware Workstation 7 RC


DigeratiPrime

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NEWS http://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2009/1...-available.html

DOWNLOAD http://communities.vmware.com/community/beta/workstation

Some of the new features in the Workstation Release Candidate include:

• Full Windows 7 Host and Guest support including the ability to run Aero! (kinda obvious from the pic above)

• Improved 3D Graphics for Windows guests with OpenGL and Shader Model 3.0 support

• Support for over many new OSs including Windows Server 2008 R2, Debian 5, and ESX (Yes, you can vMotion!)

• Create Virtual Machines with up to four processors and/or four cores and 32 GB of memory

• ThinPrint integration enables virtual printing and makes the host printers available within the guest

• Smart Card enhancements to enable secure authentication

• 256-bit AES encryption of your virtual machines

• ALSA sound for Linux users!!!

• Dynamic update of VMware Tools

• Drag and Drop now works with formatted text, graphics and file attachments

• AutoProtect your VMs with the ability to regularly schedule snapshots to be created

• Pause a VM to instantly free up your processor

• Replay Debugging is even more powerful and now works remotely

• A redesigned Virtual Network Editor that is much easier to use

Some nice new features but its buggy ;)

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Some nice new features but its buggy ;)

I noticed it earlier, and I'm sure it'll be worth the $99 upgrade price, but yeah, I was thinking it probably has some bugs left to quash, and "beta" versions tend to run slower too so I'll wait until it's stable.

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