it's broken in Player 4.x/Workstation 8.x), just like VirtualBox does! XP Mode works faster with VMware but it has no start menu integration nor seamless guest to host app operation for XP mode like VirtualPC does. Player works just fine for everyone, and it supports Windows 7's XP Mode migration (migration feature works only correctly with Player 3.x or Workstation 7.x at this time. So yeah, no real need to buy VMware Workstation unless you're a heavy user. player has no toolbar and no snapshot feature, nor are there little cool extras like the ability to auto update VMware Tools as new versions become available, nor quick/direct ability to capture screenshots then save to the host, for example workstation also has a better management interface for multiple guests, and it also adds a toolbar for you to easily suspend/start/turn off/take snap shots of your guests. The only reason to run workstation is if you want to use snapshots (great for testing software and configuration changes). VMware Player 4.x and VMware Workstation 8.x dropped official support for Win9x (but it will still work), requires a 64-bit CPU and is a little buggy Reply 17 of 36, by Jorpho so any fancy video card won't really help (and you will only need a shaders 2.0 3D capable card if you are installing Vista or 7 and wanting Aero), but a fast hard drive or lots of RAM will, depending on what OS you're running and how many guests at the same timeĪs far as running older Windows on VMware, I recommend running VMware Player 3.1.5 or VMware Workstation 7.1.5. ![]() there are limitations to what you can and cannot directly attach to the guest (the virtual computer). everything you are touching is just like a whole separate computer, with its own video card, own sound card, own floppy drive, etc. You need to understand the concept that virtual is virtual. Or is that impossible?Īs DosFreak said, installing VMware Tools (or any of the guest system additions that's part of VirtualBox, VirtualPC, etc) will automatically install ALL drivers for the virtual hardware I used this expression to change the type of the emulated video card in vmware. So I dont want to put a phisical video card into it. Where can I see the type of that card? Where can I get a driver to it?Īnd anyway. You say that there is an emulated card in vmware. First of all, I need win98 with more than 16 colours. I had to disable it because VMware Player would then run in software virtualization instead of hardware □ Reply 16 of 36, by TheMAN ![]() The following assumes the guest is Windows 9x+:Īt this time, VMware Workstation/Player does not support VT-d, so that's a shame because it would be nice to be able to take advantage of that. ![]() THEN and ONLY then can the VM see the actual graphics card.įoxpro doesn't use D3D or OGL so there's nothing to worry about. If you want a VM to see host hardware then you need virtualization software and hardware supporting " Intel VT-d". If you put an old 3dfx or maxtor card in your computer then that wouldn't help matters because usually the virtualization software is picky about what host graphics cards they support. Vmware doesn't use your host graphics card directly it uses the additions installing in the guest operating system that then talk to the virtualization software and then run the graphics on your host. DosFreak wrote: Vmware doesn't use your host graphics card directly it uses the additions installing in the guest operating system that then tal
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