Additional hard disk space required for each virtual machine. VMware recommends 1.2 GB of available disk space for the Workstation pro installation. VMware Workstation Pro runs on standard x86-based hardware with 64-bit Intel and AMD processors and on 64-bit Windows or Linux host operating systems. VMware workstation pro installs on top of the operating system running on your desktop, laptop or tablet running with windows or linux. Each virtual machine running on VMware workstation has its own CPU,memory disks and I/O devices. VMware virtualization layer maps the physical hardware resources to the virtual machine’s resources. VMware Workstation Pro helps us to create completed isolated, secure virtual machines that encapsulate an operating system and its application. Similar to that, One of the best comparison article is VMware vs Hyper-V In this article, I am going to compare the features between VMware Workstation Pro and VMware Workstation Player. Workstation products allows us to test almost any operating system and application in the local desktop/PC and laptop without need of any additional hardware or servers.

Lot of developers, IT professionals and system administrators uses workstation pro and workstation player to run multiple guest operating systems on the single PC or laptop t be more agile, highly productive and more secure. VMware Workstation Pro and VMware workstation player are the industry standard desktop virtualization for running multiple operating systems as virtual machine on a desktop, laptop or even in your tablet running with windows or linux.

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