VMware Workstation is powerful desktop virtualization software for software developers/testers and IT professionals who want to streamline software development, testing and deployment in their enterprise.

VMware Workstation allows users to run multiple x86-based operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and NetWare, and their applications simultaneously on a single PC in fully networked, portable virtual machines — no hard drive partitioning or rebooting required.

VMware Workstation works by creating fully isolated, secure virtual machines that encapsulate an operating system and its applications. The VMware virtualization layer maps the physical hardware resources to the virtual machine's resources, so each virtual machine has its own CPU, memory, disks, and I/O devices, and is the full equivalent of a standard x86 machine. VMware Workstation installs onto the host operating system and provides broad hardware support by inheriting device support from the host.

Supported Operating Systems:

• Windows XP
• Windows 98
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows .NET Server Beta
• Windows Me
• Windows 95
• Windows 3.1
• MS-DOS 6

Versions of Linux:

• Red Hat Linux
• SuSE Linux
• Mandrake-Linux
• Caldera Open Linux

Related Links:

• You will need the evaluation serial number to use the trial.
• User manual