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VMware Workstation 4.5
VMware will soon offer VMware Workstation 4.5, an upgrade of VMware Workstation 4. Take a quick look at the product’s new features.
Michael Otey
April 26, 2004
1 Min Read
At the time of this writing, VMware was getting ready to release the next version of its workstation product, VMware Workstation 4.5. VMware expects to release VMware Workstation 4.5 in the second half of 2004. The 4.5 release is a free upgrade for existing VMware Workstation 4 customers. Some of the main features that VMware plans for VMware Workstation 4.5 are
increased memory for virtual machines (VMs)—up to 3.6GB per VM and 4GB for all VMs
support for installing Longhorn (the next Windows OS version) as a guest OS
better performance for Linux 2.6 kernel systems as guest OSs
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) support for booting and installing guest OSs
automatic checking for product updates
a new tip-of-the-day pop-up window
USB device installation for nonadministrators
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