VMware Ships Workstation 7 with Windows 7 Support, Improved 3D Graphics
VMware Ships Workstation 7 with Windows 7 Support, Improved 3D Graphics
Posted 10/27/2009 at 11:30am
| by Paul Lilly
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Hot on the heels of Windows 7's recent release, VMware today has made available its Workstation 7 desktop virtualization software with a handful of new features for software development and testing.
The new version supports both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and works with features in the Windows 7 interface, such as Flip 3D and Aero Peek. And according to VMware, installing Windows 7 on a virtual machine is easier than on a physical PC.
Several improvements were made in the latest release, which VMware claims will help developers, QA engineers, sales professionals, and IT admins cut back on hardware costs, as well as save time and resources by streamlining tasks. This includes new IDE integrations for SpringSource Tools Suite and Eclipse IDE for Java & C/C++, the ability to run up to four virtual CPUs and 32GB of RAM dedicated to each virtual machine, and improved 3D graphics capabilities with DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3 and OpenGL 2.1 support.
Workstation is available now direct from from VMware for $189, or $99 if upgrading from a previous version.
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Grun
October 31, 2009 at 4:59am
I use VM Workstation for its USB support which the open source Virtual Box doesn't have and neither did Windows Virtual PC. The USB support makes it a lot easier to build virtual machines when many of the key apps or files you want to use reside on a MyBook or Thumb Drive vs. having to burn everything to a CD or downloading the files. Although I also bought it via their academic site which means it is only $99 and $59 for the upgrade from a previous version since qualify as grad student.
dweeks
October 29, 2009 at 2:50pm
Hmm, something that Virtual Box does for free. Not sure why I would pay for VMWare. Especially since it never finds my USB keyboard.
bskoreyko
October 27, 2009 at 1:04pm
Does anyone know if this means COMPIZ can be used on a virtual machine? I see that VMware Workstation 7 supports OpenGL 2.1... if so I can eliminate my Linux Workstation and run it via VMware Workstation, that would be so sweet :) Not to mention I could run it along with other key apps across 3 screens, gotta LOVE ATI and Eyefinity... I know COMPIZ is pretty much Eye Candy but who cares?!?!?
Techrocket9
October 27, 2009 at 4:02pm
I don't know about VMware, but it works great in the free VirtualBox.
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bathtbgin
October 27, 2009 at 5:59pm
I'm not sure if compiz will work but you can always download the trial and see for yourself.
Edit:
It seems as though the demand for free trials of both vmware fusion 3 and VMware Workstation 7 has been greater than anticpated and has lead to some problems with the licensing system. You can DL the trial with no problem but you'll need to go to http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/planet/vmware/ to get a trial serial number if you want to power on the virtual machine.
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