VMware Workstation is a useful virtual machine software specifically designed for x86 and x86-64 computer systems. It allows you to run multiple operating systems on the same computer.
Any person who is interested in optimizing their personal computer or testing several operating systems can get ahold of this software and use it to their own benefit.
It is ideal for software developers, testers, and general IT professionals, as well as a great way to introduce virtual infrastructure to a company and increase productivity.
The installation process is very simple, and it requires you to either choose typical or custom (recommended for advanced users).
With VMware you can basically perform actions between virtual machines, such as cut, copy and paste text, images or email attachments (especially useful in Unity mode), while the drag and drop feature is available to move files, text or images between virtual machines (e.g. file managers, zip file managers).
Other features include taking a snapshot to maintain virtual machine states, changing workstation preference settings, installing and updating various tools, configuring virtual machine option/hardware settings, using a virtual network editor, using removable devices and printers, setting up shared folders, and running the support script.
You can bridge to existing host network adapters, CDs or DVDs, hard disk drives and USB devices. Plus, you can test live CDs without first recording them on discs or restarting the computer system.
Vmware Workstation is a fast and practical tool that you should experiment with in case you want to deal with several computers. Workload significantly decreases, thanks to this innovative software.

Limitations:
· A 30-day serial number is required to use the software. After installation, on the user interface go to Help > Enter Serial Number and click on "Get Serial Number"
· 30-day trial

What's New in This Release:
· Graphics performance and compatibility enhancements.
· Improvements in creating and using shared virtual machines and remote virtual machines.
· Ubuntu 11.10 is officially supported as a guest operating system.
· Disk and memory management issues have been addressed.
· Many customer-reported issues have been resolved.
Resolved Issues:
· Windows 7 guest installation failed after powering on the virtual machine with the error A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.
· VMware Tools failed with the message VMware Tools unrecoverable error.
· VMware Tools failed to start in Fedora 15 guests.
· On hosts with Nvidia GeForce and Quadro video cards, some of the clouds in the Unigine Heaven Benchmark application were drawn solid black.
· If remote virtual machines were open, you could not shut down the Windows hosts.
· When transitioning from Full Screen mode to Exclusive mode, the Full Screen too...