Windows 10: vmware workstation 12 out now - built for W10

They no longer show VM Player at the VM ware site only the VM Workstation 12 Player when downloaded as VM Player 12.exe! The two links there are for the free to use at home 32bit and 64bit flavors of the player itself under the new name. Workstation Player is not the same as the paid for Workstation Pro. derekimo had the correct download page there.

 

You most certainly can create new VMs with VMWare Player. You'd do well to heed your own advice.

 

Touche, however this was not always the case, and since you didn't admit this, you're just as lame or whatever you intended to show. Again full disclosure. I might be mistaken, but not absolutely and you should have admitted such.

 

"Sorry children! This isn't recess! You are expected to behave yourselves in TF classrooms!" *Rolleyes "pointless petty bickering boring as..."

 

Check the facts before posting. Of course you can create virtual machines in / with VMware Player, or as the free product is today know VMware Workstation Player.

VMware KB: Creating a new virtual machine in VMware Player

From VMware Workstation Player FAQs: Create and run virtual machines | United States

 

Your original post said only VMware, and I showed you a free version of VMware. You seem to be intent on arguing with everyone.

Keep it up and we can find a place for you to argue all you want.

 

Getting back to the topic

As I mentioned earlier I had just downloaded the 7.1.2 version when finding the previous 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 versions in fact wouldn't even install on 10. When running the set up for this latest player it automatically uninstalled the previous as the successor as you would expect to see with other types of softwares. It simply picked up on the existing VMs and made them available.

 

There are so many iterations of VMware, I have absolutely no idea which one I need in order to run visualized desktops on.

 

I can't believe it took them this long to finally suspend VM's on shutdown of the host... Wow. This is something Hyper-V has always done, and it's so basic I never thought any other virtualization too wouldn't provide it...

 

I tried this and it does not seem to like Windows 10., but I may have messed it up.

 

This download is simply VM Player 12 replacing 7.1.2 under a different name. Either will run on 10 since I had previously been running the 5.0.2 on 7 that refused to install on 10. The message appeared in 10 indicating it wasn't compatible. Both the 7.1.2 which was just replaced and this new 12 version should go right on without issues.

Still running the initial upgrade to 10? I ran into a number of softwares failed to install situations until seeing to a Repair Install by the second upgrade. From there everything suddenly went well for the first week until simply seeing to the clean install and then able to call it a day.

As for VMware the list is narrow for VM Player itself. I have 6 releases of that over the last 6yrs. or so along with the old "VMLiteWorkstation.exe" file tucked away. 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 7.1.2, and now 12 for VM Player works here! *Biggrin

 

I am a little miffed as I only upgraded to Workstation 11 last Christmas. I am out of cash having just been on a mini vacation so maybe Santa will bring me the KEY this coming Christmas. It is only about 15 weeks so I'll just use 11 for now. Anyone off the top of their head know if you can use Workstation 11 with Workstation player 12 on the same machine? *Smile

 

Windows 8 Tutorials[2]=Virtualization
Take a look here to start. Ask any questions on there or here on 10. Kari is the VM wizard so ask away.

 

Just a warning: I know something about Hyper-V, even less about VirtualBox and nothing about VMware products!

I am confident enough to say I think I can answer most of the Hyper-V questions but regarding the rest of the virtualization programs, I am useless.

 

Hyper-V isn't actually that much more complicated then VM Player but has you start off seeing the network key made while in both VBox and VM Player you opt to share the host OS's connection unless specifying proxy settings manually being the Mac and Private IP addresses, etc. You still set the amount of memory with the 1gb minimum standard between the different programs. The size of the vhd in VM Player and Hyper-V but not Virtual Box there!

The "vmc" file extension however is what you see on any VBox VM created! That can make things hard when trying to use an existing vm only to find you still have to make up a new one. I still give VM ware the edge over VBox however while both are still good players. There's also the Portable Virtual Box option for usb flash drive take it along with you type VMs.