VMWare Workstation V7 RC !!

I might have missed any postings: anyone had a roll yet ??
http://communities.vmware.com/community/beta/workstation
Heh: the important "7" release

So much stuff coming down the pipe:
New VMWare
'buntus
Mandriva
SUSE
Win 7

Geek heaven

 

sounds good, but v6.5 seems to work fine on Win7

 

I heard there was connection problem with v6.5 on win7. Guest OS can't connect to the internet.

 

6.5 worked fine here,..and so does Workstation 7

RC is available, don't know what the deal is from now, but those who've been testing will qualify for 25% off.

 

Seems to be final:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/VMware_Workstation_For_Windows_d2845.html

 

Yes it is Official! http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/new.html

TH

 

can it be installed over previous version?

 

I uninstalled v6 before installing v7 and that worked fine, but I don't know about over top?

TH

 

alright, ill do this as well.

 

so is this a paid upgrade? as in u cant just upgrade for free?

 

Paid Upgrade $99.00 US

 

ouch...

 

Yes that's the only problem

 

Cool
Is it working OK. ?

Ah well: worth payin' for imo

 

Yup released.

Great version this one.

 

With VMware (and with other software in general), I was always doing an upgrade install (on top of previous). Never had issues, as was the case with this version.
Just for the record.

 

ok, good to know.

 

Old version will be uninstalled and setup will carry on after restart.

Btw students can get discounts...
Workstation $113 or $59 on upgrade and Fusion $39.99 or $19 upgrade.

 

Okay, I am trying VMware Workstation 7 and I need a second opinion on one small matter that has left me slightly confused. It is related to the processor setting of the Virtual Machine.


See below:





I have a Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Is it a

1 Processor with 2 Cores or 2 Processors with 1 Core each?

By default VMware 7 has selected 2 processors and 1 core. The drop down menu options for both processors and cores are 1 or 2 or 4.

VMware 6 only had the multiple processors option and it always used to select 1 processor by default. I usually had to manually select 2 processors.

Hence my confusion. Do I have 1 processor with 2 cores or 2 processors with 1 core each? I need to make the appropriate selection inside VMware 7 or I will most likely have performance issues.

Thanks.....



p.s. I know it is a rather stupid question, but reading about core2 duo on wikipedia did not help, so I need a second opinion from someone here.

 

That would make sense as Core 2 Duo is "2 cores inside a single processor", but this would mean that I have been making the wrong selection in VM 6.5, as I always selected 2 processors, I should have been selecting just 1 processor. Same will hold true for the dual core in your case.

But then in VM 7, the drop down menu options for the number of processors are 1, 2 and 4. Are there PCs in market that have 4 independent processors running in them?

 

Take a look at Tyan motherboards, and also Supermicro.

 

Thanks for the info. I am assuming these configurations are not widely used as of today?

I checked the help file for VM 7 here. Using 4 way virtual processing.

From these I gather that I can choose any configuration "2 processors with 1 core" or "1 processor with 2 cores' and it will not make much difference in my case.

By the way the system information for my core 2 duo states that I have 2 logical processors. So, I have 2 processors with 1 core each? I am still not completely satisfied and will probably do some in depth research on this multiple processors/multiple cores business.