

Once you have downloaded the program, you will have to install it after you make sure there are no other VMware products on the hardware. It ships with far fewer features than the pro version. In contrast, the free version is known as the VMware Workstation Player. However, it does come ready to synchronize with other products from the same company, which is something to consider. One important thing to know about it is the hefty price that comes after the trial period.

It can virtualize over operating systems on any computer it works on. It does not support anything prior to Windows 7, however, it also works for Ubuntu Other systems it supports are CentOS and Oracle. The program runs smoothly on Linux and Windows. The workstation provides a sandbox environment to work with the various OS that you will need to test and enable whatever you are working on to run in other conditions. They are so prolific at updating their program that the latest version is always hard to pin down as they continually keep modernizing to keep up with the times. VMware has had a long tradition of developing virtualization software, whether for students or companies.
