Day2Day Admin: Workstation 7 at Last!

This has been an exciting month with the release of Windows 7, the launch of Ares1-X (pending at time of writing), and the release of Workstation 7. VMware announced earlier today the general availability of Workstation 7 and I personally can not wait (but will) to get my hands on it. I have to plan this right though since the trial is for 30 days. I think I have enough email addresses to last me until I get my VCP upgraded to v4 and hopefully a new Workstation 7 license. I'm providing a collection of information on Workstation 7. I hope it helps and if you think something should be added then please let me know.

Here's a few reasons to buy/upgrade Workstation 7

Full native support for ESX(i) 4 in Workstation - Recommendations
Support for Windows 7 including Aero feature*
3D support - DirectX 9.0c, Shader Model 3, and OpenGL 2.13D
Driverless Printing
Pause the VM to quickly and temporarily free up resources for other VMs or applications.
Greater VM resource options

4 virtual processors or virtual cores
32GB Memory per VM

SmartCard support
256-bit AES Encryption
Integration with Visual Studio, Eclipse, and the SpringSource Tool Suite
(Hoping that eventually PowerShell Plus or some other PowerShell IDE will integrate)
More Guest OS Support

http://pubs.vmware.com/ws7_ace26/ws_user/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ws_user&file=intro_sysreqs_ws.html

*Aero feature requires following hardware support

Intel Dual Core, 2.2GHz and above or AMD Athlon 4200+ and above
nVidia GeForce 8800GT and above or ATI Radeon HD 2600 and above
At least 3GB of host system memory

Purchase Info:

Buy for $189
Upgrade from Workstation 5.x or 6.x for $99
Free upgrade if you purchase Workstation 6.5 between October1, 2009 and November 30, 2009.
http://www.rebates-vmware.com/ws7upgrade/
Pass VCP for free license.