Here's what Workstation 12 and Player look like: Upgrading from Player 6 or 7 costs $79.99.Īnyone who bought Fusion 7 or Workstation 11 on or after July 29 can upgrade for free. Workstation 12 Player is free for personal use, but commercial use requires a license that costs $149.99. Last year’s VMware Player 7 Pro is thus being moved up a few version numbers, with the new upgrade called Workstation 12 Player. Workstation Pro was previously just called “Workstation.” It’s getting the name change because the lighter-weight Player software is now coming under the flagship Workstation brand. Workstation requires one license per computer. Workstation 12 Pro costs $249.99, or $149.99 to upgrade from version 10 or 11. Workstation 12 for Windows and Linux comes in two editions, Player and Pro. Thanks to reader Jonathon pointing out the exact licensing terms.) Commercial use requires one license for each device. ( Correction: This story originally described the licensing terms incorrectly. Note that anything 2011 or older isn't listed, such as my family's beloved MacZilla.Further Reading Year-old Parallels and VMware software won’t be updated for Windows 10Ī buyer of VMware Fusion or Fusion Pro can install and use the software on multiple Macs as long as it's for personal, non-commercial use, according to VMware documentation (see page 42). If you're on a Mac, or you have a Mac that you dual boot between OS X and Windows 10, then VMware Fusion 8 is a great way to go, with Windows 10 bootcamp drivers now out. VMware Workstation 10 is feature rich, but you might be fine with the free VMware Player 6 Plus.If you aren't sure if you need Workstation or Player, read: Support for multiple monitors with different DPI settings Support 4K monitors with high resolution UI Performance improvements for suspending and resuming encrypted virtual machines Click image to buy. Migrate Windows 10 PC to a virtual machine Run Windows 10 as a host operating system VMware Workstation Pro provides the following support for Windows 10: VMware Workstation 12 Pro | | Build 2985596 VMware Workstation 12 Pro Release Notes, here's some excerpts of most interest to me: Of course, I also love the ability to do snapshots easily, at any time, and easily move VMs into and out of ESXi 6.0.0b. That's something that RDP to a Windows 7 VM can't do (Microsoft restriction). I use Workstation for access to my encrypted work VM that's based on Windows 7 Pro, giving it triple monitor support. I will soon be testing Workstation 12 extensively on my SuperServer Workstation's 2TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD with Windows 10 Pro, and on the go, that same SSD in my laptop. It will be interesting to see how often future releases of VMware Workstation arrive. It's the last time too, with all future Windows releases delivered as incremental upgrades of Windows 10. This year was no exception, just one month after Windows 10 became widely available. VMware has a track record of releasing a compatibile version of VMware Workstation soon after every major release of Windows. Posted by Paul Braren on (updated on Aug 27 2015) in
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