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VMware Workstation 8 - VM hardware verison 8 - 3.Oct.2011 12:11:39 AM

Scott Lowe

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VMware Workstation 8 adds support for a lot of high end capabilities through a new hardware version for virtual machines -- version 8.

� HD audio.
� Bluetooth devices in a VM.
� USB 3.0. This is a Linux only feature.
� 64 GB RAM in a VM.
� 8-way SMP in a VM
� 10 network adaptersi n a VM.

How do you or can you make use of these new features in your organization?

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RE: VMware Workstation 8 - VM hardware verison 8 - 19.Oct.2011 5:32:21 PM

atc

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Yes, it has a lot of cool new feature but it requires a 64-bit machine. :(

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RE: VMware Workstation 8 - VM hardware verison 8 - 30.Oct.2011 11:03:42 PM

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atc -

True... but most newish machine these days support 64-bit. How old is your machine?

Scott

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RE: VMware Workstation 8 - VM hardware verison 8 - 31.Oct.2011 12:15:41 AM

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Oh, I have the Dell T110 which is a 64-bit but I was commenting that I cannot use Workstation on my old machines.

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RE: VMware Workstation 8 - VM hardware verison 8 - 31.Oct.2011 11:38:40 PM

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Ah. Yeah... I have a couple of older servers laying around as well... Dell PowerEdge 2850s don't have support for Intel VT, so no good for a lab server.

I have one pretty nice server in my lab right now (Dell 2950) but would love another!

Scott

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RE: VMware Workstation 8 - VM hardware verison 8 - 12.Jan.2012 1:45:57 PM

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Yes, We can run VMware Workstation 8 as a server to share virtual machines with our teammates, department, or organization. VMware Workstation provides enterprise caliber control over user access.

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