VMware Workstation 11.1.0 is one of the best desktop visualization programs that allows you to run multiple operating systems on the same computer. In other words, you can create and run Windows Vista or Windows XP virtual machines and run them at the same time with your Windows 7 or Windows 8. This is possible thanks to this very intuitive software, full of features and options. At the same time, both the real and the virtual machines will share some PC resources while other resources will be specifically dedicated to either one of them.

Features

• Creates many virtual machines

• Works with Windows,Linux and Mac OS X

• Uses remote server

• Stores snapshots of your OS

• Reverts to any stored snapshot

• Uses the same hardware devices

VMware Workstation supports for 16 vCPUs, 8 TB SATA disks and 64GB of RAM. It has new Virtual SATA disk controller and now supports 20 virtual networks. USB3 streams supports for faster file coping is available as well as the Windows VM startup time is improved. Multiple monitors can be used if you want to run your real Windows on one and the virtual Windows on another monitor. Best of all – you can install this powerful software on any Windows OS starting from Windows 2000.

Interface

Talking about user interface, VMware Workstation has one of the best user interfaces we have seen. It is very user-friendly and provides great usability and functionality. You can run it in a window or stretch it to full screen. There is a menu bar and a toolbar on top that provide access to all features and functions this application has. Working with any virtual machine is exactly the same as with your real one. You can restart, shutdown or ever put to sleep any virtual machine.

Basic Operations

VMware Workstation allows you to cut, copy and paste files between any virtual machine and your real one. You can drag-and-drop files, images, videos, URLs, text and so on. All devices like CD and DVD drives, USB cameras, printers, etc. will be shared, but you can use them either with the real or with the virtual OS.

Conclusion

All in all, VMware Workstation is one of the best in this category. It is an excellent visualization utility full of features and capabilities. It comes with the latest technologies and provides all possible tools for your projects.