Five months after the release of Workstation 7.0, Player 3.0, ACE 2.6 and Fusion 3.0, VMware is ready to launch the public beta program for .1 version of its desktop virtualization platforms.
New features included in this first beta build (240242) of Workstation 7.1 / Player 3.1 and ACE 2.7 are:
- OpenGL 2.1 support for Windows 7 and Vista guests
- 8-way SMP support plus virtual disks up to 2TB in size
- OVF 1.0 support
- Fedora 12 guest OS support
- Direct Launch (integration between guest and host OSes start menu)
- Guest OS autologon (for Windows guests only)
Some of the above also apply to Fusion 3.1 beta:
- OpenGL 2.1 support for Windows 7 and Vista guests
- 8-way SMP support plus virtual disks up to 2TB in size
On top of this Fusion 3.1 (build 240138) introduces over 200 bug fixes.
Evaluation keys for both betas expire on May 15, 2010, so it’s safe to assume that RTM versions of these products will see the light of day within the next two months.