VMware Workstation 6 Beta Program

VMware Workstation 6 is in beta for a while now ... but it brings some interesting new features.

Support for Windows Vista Use Windows Vista as host

operating system
Multiple monitor display You can configure a VM

to span multiple monitors, or multiple VMs to each display on separate

monitors
Support for USB 2.0 devices You can now use peripherals

that require high-speed performance in your VMs, such as MP3 Players

and fast storage devices
VM Record/Replay Use this feature to record VM activities

and be guaranteed to reproduce the exact VM state 100% of the time
Integrated Virtual Debugger Workstation integrates

with Visual Studio and Eclipse so you can deploy, run, and debug programs

in a VM directly from your preferred IDE
Automation APIs (VIX API 1.1) You can write scripts

and programs to automate VM testing
Run Virtual Machines in the Background You can now leave virtual

machines and teams running in the background when you exit Workstation. On the host, a

system tray icon indicates how many virtual machines are running in the background. Click

the icon to open a virtual machine.
Battery Information Is Now Reported in the Guest If you use a laptop to

run a guest in full screen mode, you will now be able to see status information about the

host's battery.

Support for OS's:

This release provides experimental support for the following operating systems:

32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 (Beta, formerly called 4.0 Update 5) and Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5.0 as host and guest operating systems
32-bit and 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 (Beta) as host and guest operating systems
32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu Linux 7.04 (Beta) as a guest operating system

This release provides full support for the following operating systems:

Check out the Release Notes or the VMware Workstation 6 infopage.