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VMware Workstation Player Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Reviews & Insights

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Pros

Easy to use: Many users have found VMware Player to be easy to use and beginner-friendly. They appreciate the intuitive interface that makes it easy to navigate and operate the software.

Wide variety of operating systems supported: Reviewers have mentioned that they appreciate the fact that VMware Player supports a wide variety of operating systems. This allows them to create virtual machines of different OSes on different host machines, providing flexibility and convenience.

Seamless performance: Several users have praised VMware Player for its seamless performance. They mention that the program works smoothly with other applications, ensuring smooth performance even when running a virtual machine.

VMware Workstation Player Reviews

3 Reviews
Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesInformation Technology & Services3

VMware Workstation Player is solid

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use VMware Workstation Player to run virtual machines on Windows or Linux PCs. I can easily run multiple operating systems as virtual machines on my Windows or Linux PCs.

Pros

  • Create VM of Linux OSes on my WIndows machine.
  • Create VM of Windows OSes on my Linux machine.
  • Create VM of WIndows OSes on my MAC.

Cons

  • Easier use with MAC machines.
  • Support for x32 computers.
  • Easier sharing of host physical drives and usb devices.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Vmware Workstation Player is great for test, dev environments allowing you to easily spin up virtual machines on a number of OSes. It is not as well suited for large enterprise environments as there are other more robust solutions from VMware that would work better. If you want to spend little or nothing this is your solution.
VU
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
VMware Workstation Player
10 years of experience

VMware Player

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I personally use VMware for many reasons such as being able to access Linux OS for my project or testing a program.

Pros

  • Free
  • Easy to use
  • Built-in DHCP service which is shared by all NATed VMs

Cons

  • No VM snapshot
  • No support for a virtual monitor
  • Limited cmd line interfance for managing
  • Can't be installed on OS - X

Likelihood to Recommend

If you can't afford VMware Fusion and are ok with limited features, this is excellent program to use and best of all, it's free!
FA
Fareed Abolhassani
Information Technology Manager in Information Technology at rit (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
VMware Workstation Player
6 years of experience
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Players gonna play

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used VMWare Player to give myself an introduction to virtualization. It allows you to get your feet wet without committing money to a paid product, such as VMware Workstation or VMware Fusion. The features are limited, but as a beginner, you will be mainly concerned with the creation and maintenance of basic VMs, which is doable with VMware Player.

Pros

  • Allows beginners to experience virtualization
  • Simple to use
  • Lightweight

Cons

  • Would be nice to use more VMs at once, but this is basically trial software, so it's hard to fault them.

Likelihood to Recommend

Better suited for personal use, more-than-likely in an academic environment. For business you're better off with a paid product such as VMware Workstation or VMware Fusion. The Pro version of VMware Player may be a better choice for some, but again you're committing to purchasing and may as well go with Workstation/Fusion at that point.
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Stephen Demsky
IT Engineer in Information Technology at Fluid IT Services (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
VMware Workstation Player
2 years of experience