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 :

CODE

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

Trial version here :

VMWARE Workstation 5.0 Build 13124

CODE

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

[NickTheGreek]

new version available :

Latest Changes:
- Open 3rd-Party Virtual Machines without having to convert them (eg. VirtualPC, Virtual Server
- Convert 3rd-Party Virtual Machines to the VMware format
- Support for 64-bit guest operating systems – Workstation 5.5 greatly enhances the virtualization platform by supporting both 64-bit host and 64-bit guest operating systems. This feature provides you unmatched flexibility to run both 32-bit and 64-bit en
- Experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP - Workstation 5.5 now brings to the desktop a feature that was previously only available on VMware ESX Server. You can now assign one or two CPUs to any virtual machine

Homepage - http://www.vmware.comhere

Size: 73.0 MB

get it here for windows or here for Linux

REG here