Workstation users also gain a new Dark Mode feature that seamlessly integrates with the host’s dark mode settings in Windows 10. Linux hosts gain support for the Vulkan Rendering Engine on PCs running integrated Intel GPUs. VM Workstation can now co-exist happily with Hyper-V mode in the latest (2004) build of Windows 10. They also come with the usual tweaks to improve performance (particularly in the fields of VM operations and file transfers), plus added support for virtual USB 3.1 devices. Support for Windows DirectX 11 apps and games has also been added to virtual machines.īoth products also gain the ability to run, build, push or pull OCI containers using VMware’s command-line vctl tool alongside the added support for Kubernetes.īoth Workstation and Fusion virtual machines are also now capable of supporting up to 32 virtual CPUs, 128GB RAM and 8GB VRAM. Mac users gain a free 'player' version of VMware Fusion for personal use, while both products gain support for Kubernetes clusters, allowing users to run multiple app containers at once in specialized 'nodes'.

VMWare Player 6 is the last version that supports both a 32-bit and a 64-bit operating systems running on the host PC.VMware has released major updates to its virtualization software products in the form of VM Workstation 16.0 for Windows and Linux, plus VM Fusion Player 12.0 for Mac.

What if I still need to run Workstation 12 Player on a 32-bit Host? NOTE: Workstation 12 Player requires a 64-bit host operating systemHHost operating systems* (64-bit): Recommended disk space for specific guest operating systems. Additional hard disk space required for each virtual machine. 64-bit x86 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor or equivalent, AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Dual Core Processor or equivalent 1.3GHz or faster core speedģ00MB of available disk space for the application.Requirements, see the VMware Player Documentation. VMware Player requires approximately 150MB of disk space Operating system and application documentation for their memory System and for applications on the host and guest. Operating system, plus the memory required for each guest operating You must have enough memory to run the 64-bit host It cannot be installed on a 32-bit operating system What are the minimum PC requirements to install and use VMware Workstation Player?įor a typical host system, we recommend that you have a 1 GHz orįaster 64-bit processor (2GHz recommended) and 2GB RAM minimum (4GB VMware Player 12 is a 64-bit application.

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