| VMware Workstation 5.5 Released |
| Friday, 25 November 2005 by Michel Roth | |||
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One of the most expected virtualization release, Workstation 5.5 (build 18463) brings in a lot of new features and improvements: • Full support for 64-bit guest operating systems and improved support for 64-bit host operating systems enable users to work in a broader range of environments • Experimental support for two-way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing (Virtual SMP) enables multiprocessor virtual machines • VMware Player gives you greater flexibility in distributing virtual machines • Improved support for 32-bit host and guest operating systems • Workstation emulates a new Ethernet adapter type for 64-bit guests • Workstation 5.5 driver certification updates • Improved import capability lets you open and import Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server virtual machines, as well as Symantec LiveState Recovery system images, directly into Workstation • On Windows hosts, enhancements to the user interface let you customize Workstation toolbars to suit your workstyle • Enhanced support for wireless Ethernet adapters used in bridged networking lets you connect your virtual machines to wireless networks on Linux hosts • Enhanced autodetect makes it easier to configure devices for virtual machines • Enhanced autoconnect automatically reconnnects manually connected USB devices • Enhanced snapshot management makes it easier to work with snapshots • Enhanced command line interface helps you manage snapshots • Memory page trimming can be disabled to improve performance • Enhanced product update checking makes it more convenient to keep your Workstation software up to date • On Linux hosts, the user interface has been enhanced to work better with desktop appearance themes • Workstation 5.5 extends the display resizing features Autofit Guest and Fit Guest Now to Linux guests Read more here.
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