The Seventh version of VMware workstation (v7) has been leaked onto various
P2P sources and bittorent websites. The following details have surfaced
regarding the product which is a major improvement with Aero support for virtual
machines and official support for Windows 7.
*Windows 7 support (as a Host and Guest OS)
*New WDDM Graphics driver for Windows 7 guests
*OpenGL and Shader Model 3.0 for Windows XP and Vista guests
*Download VMware vSphere 4 and install ESX as a guest OS to try out the
latest features.
*Dynamically Download the latest VMware Tools package only when you need
it.
*Configure your VMs to use Multi-core and 4-way CPUs.
*Print from your VM without installing printer drivers. Virtual *Printing
courtesy of our friends at ThinPrint.
*Automatically create snapshots on scheduled intervals with AutoProtect.
*Secure your Virtual Machines with 128-bit encryption.
*ALSA Sound support on Linux hosts enables multiple VMs to play
"music" concurrently.
*Instantly pause a VM to free up system resources or dedicate horsepower
to other running VMs.
*The highly acclaimed Linux Virtual Network Editor user interface has been
implemented for Windows users.
I think the feature set in this version have already been fixed or hope to
see features like XP mode from Windows Virtual PC where applications installed
in virtual machine are published on host machine can be seen in public Beta.Here
is a quick review about how I felt after testing the leaked version.
I haven't been successful in enabling Aero for virtual machines since I
opened a virtual machine created using VMware workstation 6.5. May be only
virtual machines created in v7 are currently supported.
The leaked version is a 13 day trial version and so currently there is no
way of activating the program
VMware Tools has been a external component and download only since VMware
promises to keep it improving regularly with updates
Instant Pause and Performance improvement in suspension of virtual
machines is excellent
Encryption and Multiple processor support for virtual machines is big
improvement in my opinion
Review by rakeshishere (4 months ago)
The Seventh version of VMware workstation (v7) has been leaked onto various P2P sources and bittorent websites. The following details have surfaced regarding the product which is a major improvement with Aero support for virtual machines and official support for Windows 7.
*Windows 7 support (as a Host and Guest OS)
*New WDDM Graphics driver for Windows 7 guests
*OpenGL and Shader Model 3.0 for Windows XP and Vista guests
*Download VMware vSphere 4 and install ESX as a guest OS to try out the latest features.
*Dynamically Download the latest VMware Tools package only when you need it.
*Configure your VMs to use Multi-core and 4-way CPUs.
*Print from your VM without installing printer drivers. Virtual *Printing courtesy of our friends at ThinPrint.
*Automatically create snapshots on scheduled intervals with AutoProtect.
*Secure your Virtual Machines with 128-bit encryption.
*ALSA Sound support on Linux hosts enables multiple VMs to play "music" concurrently.
*Instantly pause a VM to free up system resources or dedicate horsepower to other running VMs.
*The highly acclaimed Linux Virtual Network Editor user interface has been implemented for Windows users.
I think the feature set in this version have already been fixed or hope to see features like XP mode from Windows Virtual PC where applications installed in virtual machine are published on host machine can be seen in public Beta.Here is a quick review about how I felt after testing the leaked version.
I haven't been successful in enabling Aero for virtual machines since I opened a virtual machine created using VMware workstation 6.5. May be only virtual machines created in v7 are currently supported.
The leaked version is a 13 day trial version and so currently there is no way of activating the program
VMware Tools has been a external component and download only since VMware promises to keep it improving regularly with updates
Instant Pause and Performance improvement in suspension of virtual machines is excellent
Encryption and Multiple processor support for virtual machines is big improvement in my opinion