VMware Workstation 6.5 Is a Top Virtualization Tool - Testing VMware Workstation 6.5 (
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After installing Workstation 6.5, I was up and running in a matter of
minutes. Workstation 6.5 can be installed on a wide range of Windows and Linux
OSes, both 32- and 64-bit versions. Anyone with even a passing familiarity with
VM creation will be up and running in a matter of minutes.
The Easy Install feature was surprisingly, well, easy to use. After starting
the VM creation process, I was asked to either specify an ISO
or insert the installation disk in the system. Workstation 6.5 then identified
the operating system and asked me to supply license information and user name to
facilitate a more automated installation. The Easy Install process also
automatically runs the VMware Tools installation after the initial guest OS
installation. Both of these features worked like a champ in helping me get my
Windows guest systems set up. Easy Install also assisted me during a SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 10 installation.
Unity is a helpful feature that allows applications running in a VM to be
used in a more interactive way on the host desktop. After the guest and
applications were installed, I enabled the Unity mode. This allowed me, for
example, to run Microsoft Word in one VM and PowerPoint in another, and drag
and drop information from one to the other without cumbersome switching between
VMs. Sun's VirtualBox has a similar feature, and this is a big advance in
general for this class of virtualization tools.
eWEEK Labs Technical Director Cameron Sturdevant can
be reached at csturdevant@eweek.com.
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