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Help me understand Virtual Machine [VMWare]
Josh:
The question is do you plan to use the tool for more than a single machine? If not, then you do not need more than VMware player.
mouser:
I stand corrected regarding VmWare Player. From the web, regarding VmWare Player:
In the latest version it can both create and edit virtual machines while it earlier could only possible to run pre-built VMs.
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It used to be that VmWare Player could not be used to create virtual machines, only run those created by others. But it seems the new version can create them too -- that's very cool.
Renegade:
I stand corrected regarding VmWare Player. From the web, regarding VmWare Player:
In the latest version it can both create and edit virtual machines while it earlier could only possible to run pre-built VMs.
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It used to be that VmWare Player could not be used to create virtual machines, only run those created by others. But it seems the new version can create them too -- that's very cool.
-mouser (August 17, 2012, 09:55 AM)
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Thanks for that. I have VMware Workstation, and really didn't want to pay to upgrade...
Jibz:
Interesting .. anyone have some insights into how VMware player compares to VirtualBox?
vlastimil:
VMWare Player is a feature-limited VMWare Workstation. The most notable feature that is missing in the Player is snapshots. Snapshot allow you to revert to a previous state, which is very useful when repeatedly testing your software in a controlled environment.
Without the snapshots, VMWare Player is not usable for convenient software testing. But if you just want to use a different OS, by all means, get and use the Player, its compatibility and performance are top class.
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