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Release Candidate for VMware Workstation 7.0 Now Available, Includes Win7 Support

October 4, 2009 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

VMware has posted the Workstation 7.0 Release Candidate – now available for download for everyone to try out.

New features include:

  • Windows 7 support including the ability to run Aero
  • Improved 3D Graphics for Windows guests with OpenGL and Shader Model 3.0 support
  • Support for over many new OSs including Windows Server 2008 R2, Debian 5, and ESX (Yes, you can vMotion!)
  • Create Virtual Machines with up to four processors and/or four cores and 32 GB of memory
  • ThinPrint integration enables virtual printing and makes the host printers available within the guest
  • Smart Card enhancements to enable secure authentication
  • 256-bit AES encryption of your virtual machines
  • ALSA sound for Linux users
  • Dynamic update of VMware Tools
  • Drag and Drop now works with formatted text, graphics and file attachments
  • AutoProtect your VMs with the ability to regularly schedule snapshots to be created
  • Pause a VM to instantly free up your processor
  • Replay Debugging is even more powerful and now works remotely
  • A redesigned Virtual Network Editor that is much easier to use

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