Workstation 7 also includes Record Replay Debugging, which can capture a problem area of code and run it by itself to help identify the nature of the problem. The new version includes integration of its IDE with SpringSource Tools Suite and Eclipse IDE for Java and C/C++, allowing the import of newly developed code into Workstation from those sources.
Today it's widely used by programming teams, software testers and quality assurance experts to create different operating system environments in which to do their work, Paiko said. Workstation started out 10 years ago as a way for skilled programmers and hobbyists to experiment with virtual machines. Instead of being restricted to 8 GB of memory, each virtual machine may use up to 32 GBs, Paiko said. Instead of a VM that can use only two virtual CPUs, Workstation 7 supports VMs using four virtual CPUs. Workstation 7 can launch and support larger virtual machines. It also supports Microsoft's DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3, an API set for graphics, and the OpenGL 2.1, a 3D graphics library used in many games and applications. On Workstation 7, the Aero Peek button "shows what's running in the virtual machine," said Paiko. When the mouse slides over the button, the active screen turns transparent, along with any other application screens that are open, so that the user's desktop icons are visible. Aero Peek is a Windows 7 button on the right hand side of the task bar. Likewise, the new Windows support means use of Aero Peek with virtual machines as well. When Workstation 7 is running VMs, Flip 3D shows what the virtual machines are running, said Michael Paiko, senior product manager, in an interview. It can use the Flip 3D feature, which gives Windows users a display of all the windows they have open as a 3-dimensional image. The new version can take advantage of the enhanced 3D graphics in Windows 7. Workstation 7 can both run on a Windows 7 machine and support virtual machines using either 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 as their operating system. VMware Workstation 7, which allows an end user to run multiple operating systems on a laptop or PC now supports Microsoft Windows 7. VMware is refreshing the product that launched a billion-dollar company 10 years ago.
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