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VMware Workstation 17.5.1
Editor's Choice

Host and run a virtual operating system on your computer

Rating:
Operating Systems:
Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8
License:
Trial Software
Developer:
VMware
Software Cost:
$249.00 (Windows)
Category
Office & Business
Date Updated:
29 February 2024
Downloads To Date:
193229
Languages:
English
Download Size:
474.00 MB

A few years ago running virtualisation tools was a bit of a disaster, particularly when the virtual operating system had to emulate the CPU, graphics card and shared memory with your system. On a single-core machine, this resulted in severe slow-down. Using Windows on a PowerPC Mac was just not feasible apart from testing software.

These days running a virtual version an operating system is practical. There’s no reason why you couldn’t run and test Windows 10 on your 7 machine or vice-versa, using an old copy of Windows Vista on your Windows 10 machine, to test software before you install on your primary operating system.

VMware Workstation is one of the best virtual managers and will enable you to install and user more than one operating system. You can run Windows 10 and 7 side-by-side or a Linux install on top of Windows and so on. Best of all, as VMware Workstation supports multi-core processors, this means that you can assign more than two CPU cores to your host and the remaining two to your virtual PC and you’ll find it runs very smoothly.

Using a virtual operating system is ideal for testing new software. Any install on the virtual PC remains secure and locked within that environment. You can even take a snapshot of the virtual OS so you can quickly go back to a previous state if the installed software fails to perform as expected.

Verdict:

One of the best, if not the best, virtualisation managers, which will enable you to create your own virtual operating system as well as host on your computer

Your Comments & Opinion

Releas note link to VM ware incorrect
30 January 2012 06:55, Brett Dalton
THe link given in the article is to the 8.0 release notes. The correct link is below

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws80/doc/releasenotes_workstation_802.html
www.downloadcrew.com reply:

Hi Brett, thanks, updated. That's primarily as the article was written for 8.0 and links to the original 8.0 major release notes. Updated for 8.2.

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