I have decided to update my current VMware workstation 7.0.1 installation I have on my desktop to the latest available release 7.1. Further follows a quick comparison of the most interesting features and enhancements between these two releases:
- WS7.1 officially support many latest versions of well-known Linux distros like RHEL/Debian/Ubuntu
- WS7.1 supports OVF1.1 via ovftool which is part of the installer
- WS7.1 has higher limits for guest's vCPUs - from 4 to 8 and guest's virtual disk - from 950GB to 2TB
- WS7.1 is capable of automatic downloads and updates of WMware Tools
Eventually, I would like to remember what new features VMware Workstation 7.0 came with:
- 32GB of guest's virtual RAM
- cross-platform license serial numbers
- pause running guest instead of suspending it or even powering it off
- import of Windows XP mode virtual machine
- GUI editor for virtual networks
- support for Windows 7 as guests
- support ESX hypervisor running as guest
That's not everything at all. The official release notes for VMware Workstation 7.1 and 7.0 are more comprehensive.
