No problem, I saw this on G+ of all things… They aren’t exactly promoting this in the right places. Although I guess I should load up vbox again as it’s certainly added more stuff in the last year since I’ve used it.

Windows XP users won’t have 64bit CPU’s so they are out. Vista machines with 64bit cpu’s are early stuff and they are out of luck too.

I’m was actually referring to consumers who are still running Windows XP and Windows Vista as the host OS.

I don’t know if VMware Player 7 still works on Windows Vista as a guest operating system as it hasn’t been tested under this release.

Windows 7 recently took over Windows XP’s userbase. However, Microsoft stopped selling OEM licenses of Windows 7 Home Base, Home Premium and Ultimate to PC manufacturers/system builders recently and Windows 7 loses Mainstream Support in a little over a month from now.

Windows XP marketshare dropped from 23% to just 14% due to a gradual data adjustment from NetApplications. Having a modest, but rapidly shrinking Windows XP userbase is not a excuse for being on a unsupported OS.

I’m only referring to Windows XP and Vista as the host OS, btw.

Drop support for the most popular version of Windows ever? No way!

From the feature sheet:

Continue to run Windows XP in a virtual environment on modern hardware

Don’t worry, XP isn’t going anywhere.

Workstation creates ‘expiring VMs’… and some other stuff that normal people would never touch. I think the other “killer” feature is the virtual networks…

Also, Player Pro? I thought it was called Workstation 😉

I was also thinking if VMware Player 9 may further remove Windows 7 compatibility in not too many years from now.

Not likely. Didn’t 7 only recently over take XP’s install base? Vendors are only just now dropping XP support, likely because it’s only recently commericially viable to do so.

I think 7 will be with us for quite some time to come…

I was also thinking if VMware Player 9 may further remove Windows 7 compatibility in not too many years from now.