VMware Workstation

5.0 stars

"i love VMWARE WORKSTATION 7 and It is on a 25% discount"

January 21, 2011  |   By rurjur

Version: VMware Workstation 7.1

Pros

VMware Workstation is user friendly and comes along with the finest user manuals I have ever read.

I purchased it at
www.software.com/VMware-Workstation-Upgrade-to-VMware-Workstation-7-12420-1
with a 25% discount from its regular price

Cons

None at all!

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1.0 stars

"I heard about It"

August 21, 2010  |   By MilGman

Version: VMware Workstation 7.1

Pros

I would lke to change of OS wihtout rebooting I heard that this programme can, But I can�t download

Cons

I don�t knowIt yet

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4.0 stars

"the best vmware ever"

April 5, 2010  |   By athirahNadia

Version: VMware Workstation 6

Pros

very very good

Cons

not bad at all

Summary

sometimes best and sometimes bad

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5.0 stars

"Very useful"

November 9, 2009  |   By VitDavide

Version: VMware Workstation 7.0

Pros

-Can run any OS inside another (except Mac OS X)
-Runs very well and smooth (depends on the machine of course)
-Has addons for Visual Studio so that developers can debug directly into the virtual machine.

Cons

-Nothing that i could think of yet, maybe just that it's a bit slower than another virtualization software who's name i won't tell, but this one is worth more.

Summary

Very good and useful program, i recommend it to developers that have to test their program on other systems, or to persons that need software not available for their current platform.

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4.0 stars

"Most popular virtualization software in the market"

August 30, 2009  |   By mlpehlivan

Version: VMware Workstation 6.5.3.185404

Pros

- Easy to use,wizards are very clear
- No problems experienced when running virtual machines
Very usefull for people who want to test software

Cons

- Download size too big

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3.0 stars

"Ok but not the best option"

October 18, 2008  |   By thepres14

Version: VMware Workstation 6.0.3

Pros

It works pretty well and has many options.

Cons

Expensive, poor support, and slow (especially on standby). Free competitor program, Virtual Box, runs much nicer.

Summary

This summer my windows computer went down hard after a bad hit from a virus. After it turned out that my second recovery dvd was scratched and unusable, I was unable to install Windows XP regardless of what I tried - every time it claimed I didn't have a hard drive. So I decided to switch over to Suse Linux completely, as it had not trouble recovering from the crash. Moving to linux was overall an easy transition, except that I still needed to run SolidWorks extensively, and they do not make a linux version, unfortunately.

So I did some research and decided to virtualize Windows instead of installing it for real, and its been pretty cool. First I used a free program from Sun called Virtual Box, then I switched to VMWare on a campus license to see if it did better with graphics. Unfortunately, what I have found, is that Virtual Box, the free competitor, ran much nicer, and I will soon be switching back. I even called the VMWare support and said I think something must be wrong here (and possibly is) if this is running so poorly, but they refused to help me unless I paid them $50 (even after the $190 license fee had been paid).

I would strongly recommend running Virtual Box (www.virtualbox.org) rather than VMware, but go ahead and give them both a try and see how they work. Virtualizing would be a great way to test out a new operating system, such as linux, and it works great for me to be able to do everything I need to do.

One tip I haveI would be to use linux as your base system rather than windows. The add on graphics that come with Suse (Compiz) make it much more fun to use. I simply make windows full screen on one of my desktops, and keep all my linux programs on any of my 3 other desktops, and then you just move the mouse to the top left corner of your screen to instantly switch operating systems (its so nice not to dual boot anymore). Using linux as your base system also gives you increased security, and windows can run in its own little perfect world if you want (I don't have updates turned on or any antivirus in my virtual windows, and it runs really fast). It was actually funny at first to see how much faster Windows ran in Virtual Box when it had Linux holding its hand the whole time. :)

The bottom line is to just give it a try, and try something new. Depending on what you virtualize with, its free and completely safe (your new operating system stays in a virtual environment, leaving your host system completely safe).

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5.0 stars

"Awesome software"

March 16, 2008  |   By jbergado

Version: VMware Workstation 6

Pros

I tried at the vmware player. and now the workstation. awesome product.

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5.0 stars

"In general, excellent"

January 6, 2008  |   By 1sdman

Version: VMware Workstation 6

Pros

Works perfectly without error. I have about a dozen virtual servers running on my XP workstation for testing a series of upgrades. To do this on a real server would be prohibively expense, too slow, and impossible to go back and try over again and again.

I just wish the virtual 'computer' would take less space on my real computer. I had to buy a large hard drive to store all my virtual servers, but this is a small price to pay for near perfect operation.

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5.0 stars

"Perfect!!!!"

December 2, 2007  |   By adam.peirson

Version: VMware Workstation 6

Pros

I've always enjoyed playing iwth other Operating Systems, but Hated swapping out hardrives or having extra machines. VMWare Workstation helped get rid of all that hassel!!!

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