Therefore, you don’t need to worry about the VMware tools. The latest version of the VMware tool contains the automatically installed tools. If you have a laptop with impressive processing power and enough space, you can install multiple OS on the same PC using VMware. So, now you no longer have to purchase multiple PCs to meet the certification and development needs. That is how you can even get an entire virtual domain on the same PC. The main benefit is that it allows you to install multiple operating systems on your computers.įor example, if you run windows vista and want to try windows 7, you can do this by installing a guest OS of Windows 7.
For example, you can run different programs on your computer simultaneously. It makes it easier to reach programs and files. I have no bias on either platform, and I am happy with what works.VMware is there to help you use your computers in various ways. This is NOT a bash, just sharing of info. Nevertheless, VMPlayer works on W7 flawlessly, and I am relieved. So it is not my laptop, host or virtual stack, it is just guest related configurations all along. The XP VPCs configured by MSFT doesn't have this issue. Windows-7 also supports pre-configured XP Virtual PCs deeply integrated to host (branded as XP mode). The mouse actions and clicks trail by half to one second.
The W-VPC (Windows Virtual PC) still suffers with sluggish mouse performance. Gave a shot to use the "Windows Virtual PC", after-all, host, virtualization stack and guest are all from same vendor.
Windows 7 includes almost all binaries of Virtual PC (rebranded from Microsoft Virtual PC to Windows Virtual PC), just not activated. Though I am not aware of any known issues, your experience might differ if you use an existing virtual machine images. Note: All the hosts/guests referred above are clean-installs, not upgrades or existing virtual images. I had no issues with internet connectivity (no hacks, all out-of-box config). There are many newsgroup discussions around network connectivity issues when using Windows 64bit host. But the bridged network adapter is fine and I have guest-to-host as well as guest-to-world connectivity. Only pending issue is Windows 7 (guest) doesn't recognize second network adapter configured as 'host-only'. At last, I feel comfortable that I can switch from XP to W7 for my guest-os. The W7 guest is booting, shutting-down, hibernates and wakes-up fatser. Installed VMPlayer (2.5.1 build-126130) on W7-RC-64bit, tried W7-32bit guest as well as XP-Pro-SP3-32bit guest. Host: Windows 7 Ultimate RC 64Bit Guest: Windows 7 Ultimate RC 32bit and XP-Pro with SP3 32bit
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