Other than a price tag and license clause, VMware Player and VMware Player Plus are basically exactly the same thing. Starting as version 6, VMware Player will be limited for non-commercial use only, while VMware Player Plus will be the commercial licensed copy that will cost you $99US to have. VMware Player 6 with Windows 8.1īut the bigger change comes to its name change that also adds a clause to limit its free use for personal only. It also offers a better graphics, faster performance, with tighter integration with the host platform. It’s a full featured desktop virtualization product that not only runs virtual machines but also creates them with support of multiple different platforms.

A compatible 64-bit x86 / AMD64 CPU released in 2011 or later.VMware Play, my favorite virtual machine client, has a new version 6 that fully supports the upcoming Windows 8.1.

VMware Workstation player 15 runs on standard x86-based hardware with 64-bit Intel and AMD processors and on 64-bit Windows or Linux host operating systems. Run restricted virtual machines that are encrypted and password protected to ensure that only authorized users can interact with corporate data. With VMware Workstation Player 15, you can isolate corporate desktops from end-user-owned devices by disabling copy and paste, drag and drop, shared folders, and USB device access.

With many uses ranging from a personal educational tool to a business tool to provide a simplified experience for running a corporate desktop on a BYO device, Workstation Player leverages VMware vSphere Hypervisor to provide a simple yet mature and stable local virtualization solution.

VMware Workstation Player 15 allows you to run a second isolated operating system on a single computer. Run a second isolated operating system on a single PC with VMware Workstation Player 15.

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