VMWARE, Emulation IS Virtualization > PC in PC Options

[NickTheGreek]

VMWARE is The Ultimate Resource if you plan to setup a fully functional computer hardware emulated into your computer... In simple terms : Imagine yourself running Windows 2000 or Linux in a window of your Windows XP running computer.

You set up a virtual PC , boost it with RAM ( you will need lots of it to run VMWARE smoothly ) and you can experiment with it as long as you like WITHOUT messing your valuable working PC environment.

You can run old MS-DOS with FAT16 or FAT32 in a windows XP environment with NTFS ... you can have Suse Linux running SIMULTANEOUSLY with Sun Solaris in two side by side windows ...

You can install software in a virtual machine and test it BEFORE it even shows you the ugly side : no registry tweaks on your primary PC, no hard disc waste and slack.

You can set up a LAN ( yes ! ) between your PC and a virtual PC just to check software before elaborating it in a real environment..

You can do things i would need pages and pages to describe...

And see what they also say about the product :

What Is VMware Workstation?

VMware Workstation is powerful desktop virtualization software for software developers/testers and IT professionals who want to streamline software development, testing and deployment in their enterprise. VMware Workstation allows users to run multiple x86-based operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and NetWare, and their applications simultaneously on a single PC in fully networked, portable virtual machines — no hard drive partitioning or rebooting required.

"VMware Workstation is a powerful tool for application testing, debugging and demos. To develop public key infrastructure client applications, we need to configure multiple tiers, which need to work together. The new Teams feature in Workstation 5 allows us to create the entire configuration on local desktops, which gives our developers tremendous flexibility and control over the environment."

-- Murray McCulligh, Development Manager, Entrust


Product Specs here :

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http://www.vmware.com/pdf/ws_specs.pdf

Trial version here :

VMWARE Workstation 5.0 Build 13124

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http://www.vmware.com/download/workstation.html

[NickTheGreek]

VMware Workstation is powerful virtual machine software for developers and system administrators who want to revolutionize software development, testing and deployment in their enterprise. Shipping for more than five years and winner of over a dozen major product awards, VMware Workstation enables software developers to develop and test the most complex networked server-class applications running on Microsoft Windows, Linux or NetWare all on a single desktop. Essential features such as virtual networking, live snapshots, drag and drop and shared folders, and PXE support make VMware Workstation the most powerful and indispensable tool for enterprise IT developers and system administrators.
VMware Workstation works by enabling multiple operating systems and their applications to run concurrently on a single physical machine. These operating systems and applications are isolated in secure virtual machines that co-exist on a single piece of hardware. The VMware virtualization layer maps the physical hardware resources to the virtual machine's resources, so each virtual machine has its own CPU, memory, disks, I/O devices, etc. Virtual machines are the full equivalent of a standard x86 machine.
VMware Workstation enables enterprise software developers to develop and test the most complex networked server-class applications running on Windows, Linux or NetWare all on a single desktop.

Homepage - http://www.vmware.com

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