VMware Workstation 5 Beta

Key new features in VMware Workstation 5: * New Teams functionality makes it easier to create and manage connected virtual machines and simulate "real world" multi-tier configurations * Multiple snapshot and snapshot management capabilities makes it easier to capture and manage multiple configurations * New cloning functionality makes it easier to copy virtual machines and share them with colleagues (full and linked clones) * Movie record and playback feature for capturing activity in a virtual machine * Improved performance, especially for multi-VM and networking workloads, for suspend/resume and snapshot operations, and for shared folders and sound features * New and improved Linux user interface * New guest OS, host OS, and hardware support - 32 and 64 bit * Support for a new class of USB devices, including webcams, microphones, and speakers * Command line interface enables the automation of certain manual steps Improved performance # Multi-VM performance: Workstation 5 includes significant improvements in memory utilization when multiple virtual machines are used concurrently. This allows users to efficiently run multiple virtual machines with much less total memory. # Improved networking performance: Workstation 5 offers enhanced networking performance by leveraging VMware's custom network driver. Once a user installs the updated VMware Tools, the necessary network drivers install seamlessly to offer significantly improved network performance. # Improved and faster suspend/resume and snapshot operations: Workstation 5 performs significantly faster suspend/resume and snapshot operations, enabling users to spend more time testing and less time waiting for power operations to execute.