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VMware Beta and Direct Launch

Last night I noticed that there are new betas out for VMware Workstation (v7.1) and Player (v3.1). While there are several new features, one in particular caught my eye:

Direct Launch: Blur the distinction between running native and virtual applications by launching an application installed in a virtual machine directly from the start menu or taskbar

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VMware Player is more than a Player

I’ve mentioned VMware Player here a lot in the past and always with the caveat that while it is great to run virtual machines, it can’t create them (without hacks). After all, the name is “Player” right?

That all changed when version 3 of Player was released last month.

Here’s section of the Player “home” screen. Can

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VMware Upgrade Policy Disappoints

I’m miffed. Darned close to full snit, actually.

A month and a half ago I bought VMware Workstation 6.5. The sale was just too good to pass up and I had a 30 day trial winding down. The timing was perfect and I was glad to make the purchase.

Shortly after that I ran into a bug.

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VMware Desktop Sale

I’ve been running VMware’s free products since before they were free … (::guilty look::). In fact, I’m a week into a 30 day trial of the latest version of VMware Workstation. I’d been tempted to break down and buy this one – it is just soooo sweet – and I received the final nudge today.

Turns

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Lost My Unity

This post really doesn’t serve a purpose, but maybe someone who has solved this issue will spot it some day and share…

Reloaded my laptop to 64-bit Windows 7 yesterday (which solved nothing) and found that caused a bit of fallout with my VMware apps – both Workstation and Player. It seem that my “unity mode”

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