Snapshots

I have been using VMware Player for sometime now. I used it to run Linux virtual machines on my Windows PC. It is really convenient. Instead of dual-booting the PC with Linux, you can just used VMware player to run Linux in a virtual machine. You then have two operating systems running at the same time.

Unlike Virtual PC, the previous version of VMware player doesn’t allow you to create a virtual machine without resorting to any work around. You need to have VMware workstation to create one, although the player can also run virtual machines created by other vendors. So I was really surprised when I upgraded to version 3.0, the most recent version. With version 3.0, you can now create new virtual machines, even without VMware workstation. Moreover, VMware tools are also now available. You can install these tools into the virtual machine to enhance the integration with the host OS.  It has also a feature called Unity, but I have not tried this yet. Here is a snapshot of a running VMware player.