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Thank you for choosing VMware® Workstation, the powerful virtual machine software for enterprise IT professionals that runs multiple operating systems and their applications simultaneously on a single PC.
If you're new to VMware Workstation, this is the place to start.
If you're a veteran user of VMware products, take a few minutes to see what's new in version 4 and check out the notes on upgrading your installation.
The first chapters of this manual - through Running VMware Workstation - introduce you to some of the things you can do with VMware Workstation and guide you through the key steps for installing the software and putting it to work.
Later chapters provide in-depth reference material for getting the most out of the sophisticated features of VMware Workstation.
VMware Workstation is powerful virtual machine software for system administrators and developers who want to revolutionize software development, testing and deployment in their enterprise. Shipping for over five years and winner of over a dozen major product awards, VMware Workstation enables software developers to develop and test the most complex networked server-class applications running on Microsoft® Windows®, Linux® or Novell® NetWare® - all on a single desktop.
Essential features such as Windows, Linux and NetWare support, virtual networking, live snapshots, drag-and-drop, shared folders and PXE support make VMware Workstation a powerful, indispensable tool for enterprise IT developers and system administrators.
With over five years of proven success and millions of users, VMware Workstation improves efficiency, reduces costs and increases flexibility and responsiveness. Installing VMware Workstation on the desktop is the first step to transforming your IT infrastructure into virtual infrastructure. VMware Workstation is used in the enterprise to
VMware Workstation enables multiple operating systems and their applications to run concurrently on a single physical machine. These operating systems and applications are isolated in secure virtual machines that coexist on a single piece of hardware. The VMware virtualization layer maps the physical hardware resources to the virtual machine's resources, so each virtual machine has its own CPU, memory, disks and I/O devices. A virtual machines is the full equivalent of a standard x86 machine.
With VMware Workstation you can
Since its launch in 1999, VMware Workstation has revolutionized the way software and IT infrastructure are developed and has become the de facto standard for IT professionals and developers worldwide. When you deploy VMware Workstation in your environment you will
If your business is looking to simplify and accelerate development, testing and deployment of software and IT infrastructure, VMware Workstation is essential.
The terms host and guest describe your physical and virtual machines:
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